GROUP(5)                            Linux Programmer's Manual                            GROUP(5)



NAME
       group - user group file

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/group  is an ASCII file which defines the groups to which users belong.  There is one
       entry per line, and each line has the format:

              group_name:passwd:GID:user_list

       The field descriptions are:

       group_name
              the name of the group.

       password
              the (encrypted) group password.  If this field is empty, no password is needed.

       GID    the numerical group ID.

       user_list
              all the group member's user names, separated by commas.

FILES
       /etc/group

SEE ALSO
       login(1), newgrp(1), passwd(5)



Linux                                       1992-12-29                                   GROUP(5)