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SG
Section: User Commands (1) Updated: 05/17/2017 Index
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NAME
sg - execute command as different group ID
SYNOPSIS
-
sg [-] [group [-c ] command]
DESCRIPTION
The
sg
command works similar to
newgrp
but accepts a command. The command will be executed with the
/bin/sh
shell. With most shells you may run
sg
from, you need to enclose multi-word commands in quotes. Another difference between
newgrp
and
sg
is that some shells treat
newgrp
specially, replacing themselves with a new instance of a shell that
newgrp
creates. This doesn't happen with
sg, so upon exit from a
sg
command you are returned to your previous group ID.
CONFIGURATION
The following configuration variables in
/etc/login.defs
change the behavior of this tool:
SYSLOG_SG_ENAB (boolean)
-
Enable "syslog" logging of
sg
activity.
FILES
/etc/passwd
-
User account information.
/etc/shadow
-
Secure user account information.
/etc/group
-
Group account information.
/etc/gshadow
-
Secure group account information.
SEE ALSO
id(1),
login(1),
newgrp(1),
su(1),
gpasswd(1),
group(5), gshadow(5).
Index
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