group (5) - Linux Manuals
group: user group file
NAME
group - user group file
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on the system. There is one entry per line, with the following format:group_name:password:GID:user_list
The fields are as follows:
- group_name
- the name of the group.
- password
- the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
- GID
- the numeric group ID.
- user_list
- a list of the usernames that are members of this group, separated by commas.
FILES
/etc/groupBUGS
As the 4.2BSD initgroups(3) man page says: no one seems to keep /etc/group up-to-date.COLOPHON
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