group

NAME

group - user group file

DESCRIPTION

/etc/group is an ASCII file which defines the groups to which users belong. There is one entry per line, and each line has the format:
group_name:passwd:GID:user_list The field descriptions are:
group_name the name of the group.
password the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
GID the numerical group ID.
user_list all the group member's user names, separated by commas.

FILES

/etc/group

BUGS

As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3) man page says: No-one seems to keep /etc/group up-to-date.

SEE ALSO

login(1), newgrp(1), passwd(5)