GROUPS
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 29, 1985
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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 passwd(5) database.
and possibly to other groups as specified in the group(5) database.
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
setgroups(2), netinfo(5)
FILES
/etc/passwd, /etc/group - if NetInfo is not running
BUGS
More groups should be allowed.
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