group(4)                                                           group(4)


   NAME
         group - group file

   DESCRIPTION
         The file /etc/group contains for each group the following
         information:

               group name
               encrypted password
               numerical group ID
               comma-separated list of all users allowed in the group

         group is an ASCII file.  The fields are separated by colons; each
         group is separated from the next by a new-line.

         Because of the encrypted passwords, the group file can and does have
         general read permission and can be used, for example, to map
         numerical group ID's to names.

         During user identification and authentication, the supplementary
         group access list is initialized sequentially from information in
         this file.  If a user is in more groups than the system is configured
         for, {NGROUPS_MAX}, a warning will be given and subsequent group
         specifications will be ignored.

   SEE ALSO
         groups(1), passwd(1) in the User's Reference Manual

         newgrp(1M), setgroups(2), initgroups(3C), unistd(4)
























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