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- Use .Ar for argument. - Move SEE ALSO section before the HISTORY section as described in mdoc(7) with: + removing traing dot. + spliting files into FILES section. - Refer pathnames using .Pa (rather .Ar or .Xr).
2000-02-28 08:10:56 +03:00
.\" $NetBSD: groupinfo.8,v 1.2 2000/02/28 05:10:56 enami Exp $ */
Add new functionality, and fix some bugs and oversights: + Moved all internal definitions from usermgmt.h to user.c + Added prototypes to usermgmt.h + Allow defaults to be set at build time + Check the effective uid is 0 if any data is to be modified + Check all numeric uids and gids really are numeric + Fix a bug (reported by lenb at sasquatch.com) where new ranges were appended to old ranges, rather than replacing them + Add userinfo(8) and groupinfo(8) utilities (if EXTENSIONS is defined), whereby user and group information can be displayed. Add manual pages for new utilities. Add front-end calling from user(8) and group(8) accordingly. + Make all functions visible outside the user.c file again. User and group manipulation may be split out into a separate shared lib in the future + Split off main function into a separate main.c + Changed default group to be "users" + Changed despatch table for commands to work in a more sane manner + Added "default-group" target to Makefile, so that the default group can be made easily.
1999-12-24 12:08:48 +03:00
.\"
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.Dd November 30, 1999
.Dt GROUPINFO 8
.Os NetBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm groupinfo
.Nd displays group information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl v
- Use .Ar for argument. - Move SEE ALSO section before the HISTORY section as described in mdoc(7) with: + removing traing dot. + spliting files into FILES section. - Refer pathnames using .Pa (rather .Ar or .Xr).
2000-02-28 08:10:56 +03:00
.Ar group
Add new functionality, and fix some bugs and oversights: + Moved all internal definitions from usermgmt.h to user.c + Added prototypes to usermgmt.h + Allow defaults to be set at build time + Check the effective uid is 0 if any data is to be modified + Check all numeric uids and gids really are numeric + Fix a bug (reported by lenb at sasquatch.com) where new ranges were appended to old ranges, rather than replacing them + Add userinfo(8) and groupinfo(8) utilities (if EXTENSIONS is defined), whereby user and group information can be displayed. Add manual pages for new utilities. Add front-end calling from user(8) and group(8) accordingly. + Make all functions visible outside the user.c file again. User and group manipulation may be split out into a separate shared lib in the future + Split off main function into a separate main.c + Changed default group to be "users" + Changed despatch table for commands to work in a more sane manner + Added "default-group" target to Makefile, so that the default group can be made easily.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility retrieves the group information from the system.
.Pp
The following command line options are recognised:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl e
return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the
group does not exist, on the system. No information is
displayed. This form of the command is useful for
scripts which need to check whether a particular group
name or gid is already in use on the system.
.It Fl v
perform any actions in a verbose manner.
.El
.Pp
The group argument may either be a group's name, or a gid.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if the group name or gid exists, and non-zero if it does not.
- Use .Ar for argument. - Move SEE ALSO section before the HISTORY section as described in mdoc(7) with: + removing traing dot. + spliting files into FILES section. - Refer pathnames using .Pa (rather .Ar or .Xr).
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.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 5
Add new functionality, and fix some bugs and oversights: + Moved all internal definitions from usermgmt.h to user.c + Added prototypes to usermgmt.h + Allow defaults to be set at build time + Check the effective uid is 0 if any data is to be modified + Check all numeric uids and gids really are numeric + Fix a bug (reported by lenb at sasquatch.com) where new ranges were appended to old ranges, rather than replacing them + Add userinfo(8) and groupinfo(8) utilities (if EXTENSIONS is defined), whereby user and group information can be displayed. Add manual pages for new utilities. Add front-end calling from user(8) and group(8) accordingly. + Make all functions visible outside the user.c file again. User and group manipulation may be split out into a separate shared lib in the future + Split off main function into a separate main.c + Changed default group to be "users" + Changed despatch table for commands to work in a more sane manner + Added "default-group" target to Makefile, so that the default group can be made easily.
1999-12-24 12:08:48 +03:00
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .
It is based on the
.Ar addnerd
package by the same author.
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm
utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).
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