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GROUPS
Section: User Commands (1) Updated: 05/17/2017 Index
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NAME
groups - display current group names
SYNOPSIS
-
groups [user]
DESCRIPTION
The
groups
command displays the current group names or ID values. If the value does not have a corresponding entry in
/etc/group, the value will be displayed as the numerical group value. The optional
user
parameter will display the groups for the named
user.
NOTE
Systems which do not support concurrent group sets will have the information from
/etc/group
reported. The user must use
newgrp
or
sg
to change his current real and effective group ID.
FILES
/etc/group
-
Group account information.
SEE ALSO
newgrp(1),
getgid(2),
getgroups(2),
getuid(2).
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