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Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
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group - user group fileDESCRIPTION
The /etc/group file is a text file that defines the groups on the system. There is one entry per line, with the following format:
- group_name:password:GID:user_list
The fields are as follows:
- group_name
- the name of the group.
- password
- the (encrypted) group password. If this field is empty, no password is needed.
- GID
- the numeric group ID.
- user_list
- a list of the usernames that are members of this group, separated by commas.