GROUPS
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BSD 4.2
NAME
groups
- show group memberships
SYNOPSIS
groups
[user
]
DESCRIPTION
The
groups
command shows the groups to which you or the optionally specified
user belong.
Each user belongs to a group specified in the password file
/etc/passwd
and possibly to other groups as specified in the file
/etc/group
If you do not own a file but belong to the group which it is owned
by then you are granted group access to the file.
When a new file is created it is given
the group of the containing directory.
SEE ALSO
group(5),
setgroups(2)
FILES
- /etc/passwd
-
- /etc/group
-
HISTORY
The
group
command
appeared in
BSD 4.2
BUGS
More groups should be allowed.
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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