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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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
FILES
BUGS

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