groups

News	Programs - Staf Wagemakers	Recommended Books	Recommended Links	Unix Group Administration	Reference
Unix grpck command	passwd	Expect	Managing user accounts in Perl	Humor	Etc

The external groups command displays the groups to which you or a user belongs. All users belong to a group. The fourth colon-separated field of the /etc/passwd file defines the primary group to which you belong. You may also belong to other groups by being listed beside a group in the /etc/group file. You have group permissions for files or directories owned by one of the groups to which you are a member.The groups command is used to display all of the groups to which you belong. You may find it helpful to belong to several groups so you have certain access permissions for various directories and files. See Unix Group Administration

Following is the general format of the groups command.

       groups [ user ... ]

Arguments

The following argument may be passed to the groups command.

user

You can specify a list of users whom you want to know to which groups they belong.

The groups command reads your user name and group ID from the /etc/passwd file, then searches the /etc/group file for any additional groups to which you belong.

Copyright © 1996-2009 by Dr. Nikolai Bezroukov. www.softpanorama.org was created as a service to the UN Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) in the author free time. Submit comments This document is an industrial compilation designed and created exclusively for educational use and is placed under the copyright of the Open Content License(OPL). Site uses AdSense so you need to be aware of Google privacy policy. Original materials copyright belong to respective owners. Quotes are made for educational purposes only in compliance with the fair use doctrine.

Disclaimer:

The statements, views and opinions presented on this web page are those of the author and are not endorsed by, nor do they necessarily reflect, the opinions of the author present and former employers, SDNP or any other organization the author may be associated with.
We do not warrant the correctness of the information provided or its fitness for any purpose
In no way this site is associated with or endorse cybersquatters using the term "softpanorama" with other main or country domains (e.g. softpanorama.com) with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill belonging to someone else.

Last modified: August 08, 2009