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removing the advertising clause. Diffs provided in PR 22410 by Joel Baker, confirmed to the board by Jason Downs. With additional thanks to Jason Thorpe.
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.\" $NetBSD: group.5,v 1.16 2003/10/13 15:36:34 agc Exp $
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.\" @(#)group.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd November 17, 2000
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.Dt GROUP 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm group
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.Nd format of the group permissions file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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file
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.Pa /etc/group
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is the local source of group information.
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It can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domain
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.Sq group ,
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and the
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.Tn NIS
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maps
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.Sq group.byname
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and
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.Sq group.bygid ,
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as controlled by
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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file consists of newline separated
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.Tn ASCII
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records, one per group, containing four colon
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.Ql \&:
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separated fields.
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Each line has the form:
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.Dl group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
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.Pp
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These fields are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width password -offset indent -compact
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.It Em group
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Name of the group.
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.It Em passwd
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Group's
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.Em encrypted
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password.
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.It Em gid
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The group's decimal ID.
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.It Em member
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Group members.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Em group
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field is the group name used for granting file access to users
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who are members of the group.
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.Pp
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The
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.Em gid
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field is the number associated with the group name.
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They should both be unique across the system (and often
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across a group of systems) since they control file access.
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.Pp
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The
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.Em passwd
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field
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is an optional
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.Em encrypted
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password.
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This field is rarely used
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and an asterisk is normally placed in it rather than leaving it blank.
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.Pp
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The
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.Em member
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field contains the names of users granted the privileges of
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.Em group .
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The member names are separated by commas without spaces or newlines.
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A user is automatically in a group if that group was specified
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in their
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.Pa /etc/passwd
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entry and does not need to be added to that group in the
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.Pa /etc/group
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file.
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.Pp
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The group with the name
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.Dq wheel
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has a special meaning to the
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.Xr su 1
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command: if it exists and has any members, only users listed in that group
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are allowed to
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.Nm su
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to
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.Dq root .
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.Sh HESIOD SUPPORT
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If
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.Sq dns
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is specified for the
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.Sq group
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database in
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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then
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.Nm
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lookups occur from the
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.Sq group
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Hesiod domain.
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.Sh NIS SUPPORT
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If
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.Sq nis
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is specified for the
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.Sq group
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database in
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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then
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.Nm
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lookups occur from the
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.Sq group.byname
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and
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.Sq group.bygid
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.Tn NIS
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map.
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.Sh COMPAT SUPPORT
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If
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.Sq compat
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is specified for the
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.Sq group
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database, and either
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.Sq dns
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or
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.Sq nis
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is specified for the
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.Sq group_compat
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database in
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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then the
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.Nm
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file may also contain lines of the format
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.Pp
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+name:*::
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.Pp
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which causes the specified group to be included from the
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.Sq group
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Hesiod domain
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or the
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.Sq group.byname
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.Tn NIS
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map (respectively).
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.Pp
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If no group name is specified, or the plus sign
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.Pq Dq \&+
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appears alone
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on line, all groups are included from the
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Hesiod domain or the
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.Tn NIS
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map.
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.Pp
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Hesiod or
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.Tn NIS
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compat references may appear anywhere in the file, but the single
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plus sign
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.Pq Dq \&+
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form should be on the last line, for historical reasons.
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Only the first group with a specific name encountered, whether in the
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.Nm
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file itself, or included via Hesiod or
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.Tn NIS ,
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will be used.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
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.It Pa /etc/group
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr passwd 1 ,
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.Xr su 1 ,
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.Xr setgroups 2 ,
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.Xr crypt 3 ,
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.Xr initgroups 3 ,
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr yp 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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file format appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Tn NIS
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file format first appeared in SunOS.
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.Pp
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The Hesiod support first appeared in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Xr passwd 1
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command does not change the
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.Nm group
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passwords.
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