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GROUP(5)                            Linux Programmer's Manual                            GROUP(5)

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/group

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

SEE ALSO
       chgrp(1), gpasswd(1), groups(1), login(1),  newgrp(1),  sg(1),  getgrent(3),  getgrnam(3),
       gshadow(5), passwd(5), vigr(8)

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 5.10 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the
       project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of  this  page,  can  be
       found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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