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group(4)							      group(4)

NAME
       group - Group file

DESCRIPTION
       The  /etc/group	database  contains  the following information for each
       group: Group name Encrypted password Numerical group ID	A  comma-sepa‐
       rated list of all users allowed in the group

					    Note

	      Do not put any spaces between a comma and a username; otherwise,
	      the username following the comma will not be made a part of  the
	      desired group.

       The  /etc/group	file  is  an  ASCII file, with the fields separated by
       colons. Each group is separated from the next by a  new	line.  If  the
       password field is null, no password is demanded.

       Because	of  the encrypted passwords, it can and does have general read
       permission and can be used, for example, to map numerical group IDs  to
       names.

       Note  that commands or scripts used for adding users to groups are sub‐
       ject to the 225 character limit on  line	 lengths.   However,  you  can
       split lines as appropriate.

RESTRICTIONS
       Increasing  the number of groups that a user is in beyond 16 can affect
       services that use ONC RPC. Tru64 UNIX ONC RPC supports up to 32	groups
       for compatibility with ULTRIX Version 4.2 and higher. Other vendors may
       support only 16 groups.	ULTRIX versions before 4.2  support  up	 to  8
       groups.	 Users	who  increase  their  group  membership beyond 8 or 16
       groups will not be able to NFS mount file  systems  from	 servers  that
       only  support  8 or 16 groups over NFS. In addition, if root group mem‐
       bership is increased beyond 8 or 16, the NIS service will not work in a
       mixed  NIS  server  environment	where the servers support only 8 or 16
       groups.	The addgroup command limits the length	of  a  group  name  to
       eight characters or less.

FILES
       /etc/group

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  addgroup(8), groupadd(8), adduser(8), groups(1), passwd(1)

       Functions:  setgroups(2)

       Routines:  initgroups(3)

       Files:  passwd(4)

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