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- .th NEWGRP I 4/8/75
- .sh NAME
- newgrp \*- log in to a new group
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd newgrp
- group
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Newgrp
- changes the group identification of its caller,
- analogously to
- .it login.
- The same person remains logged in,
- and the current directory is unchanged,
- but calculations of access permissions to files are
- performed with respect to the
- new group ID.
- .s3
- A password is demanded if the group has
- a password and the user himself does not.
- .s3
- When most users log in, they
- are members of the group named `other.'
- .sh FILES
- /etc/group, /etc/passwd
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- login (I), group (V)
- .sh BUGS
-