You can only grep the group file if your machine is not hooked up to nis+ or ldap or something. On linux you could do something like this:
On HP-UX you can use grget instead of getent group, so it depends what tool you should use. I am sure there are other methods too.
As part of a NIS implementation, (I think) I want to create a group (in /etc/group) that has users that do not exist on the target machine.
What effect will this have? Will it cause any problems?
Thanks,
Gary Cooper (1 Reply)
I'm kinda new to unix programming so bear with me...
I'm running a script prompting a user for an existing user and group and want to be able to validate if they valid.
Is there any code available?
Any help or push in the right direction would help.
Thank you, (2 Replies)
I have a file in the following format. Groups of data merge together and the group number is indicated above each group.
1
adrf
dfgr
dfg
2
dfgr
dfgr
3
dfef
dfr
fd
4
fgrt
fgr
fgg
5
fgrt
fgr (3 Replies)
Hi All
I do have a file like this with 6 columns. Groups of data merge together and the group number is indicated above each group.
1
1 12 26 289 3.2e-027 GCGTATGGCGGC
2 12 26 215 6.7e+006 TTCCACCTTTTG
3 9 26 175 ... (1 Reply)
Hi there, normally if I want to remove a user tht I have added to a specific group, i would do the following
this is what my group2 looks like
# grep group2 /etc/group
group2:x:7777:user2,user1,user4
user1 has been defined in a few groups
# id -nG user1
group1 group2 group3
So... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I want to display the distinct values in the file and for each distinct value how may occurance or there.
Test data:
test1.dat
20121105
20121105
20121105
20121105
20121106
20121106
20121106
20121105
I need to display the output like
Output (2 Replies)
Our SAN administrator decided to unpresent then destroy LUN's we were actively using as a volume group (all PV's in said volume group). Now every time I do a pvscan or whatever it complains about I/O errors trying to access those PV's. How do I get it to forget the VG existed completely? vgreduce... (7 Replies)
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I'm able to create a group but when I'm trying to delete the group it keeps stating Group Doesn't Exist. I know... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
newgrp
NEWGRP(1) User Commands NEWGRP(1)NAME
newgrp - log in to a new group
SYNOPSIS
newgrp [-] [group]
DESCRIPTION
The newgrp command is used to change the current group ID during a login session. If the optional - flag is given, the user's environment
will be reinitialized as though the user had logged in, otherwise the current environment, including current working directory, remains
unchanged.
newgrp changes the current real group ID to the named group, or to the default group listed in /etc/passwd if no group name is given.
newgrp also tries to add the group to the user groupset. If not root, the user will be prompted for a password if she does not have a
password (in /etc/shadow if this user has an entry in the shadowed password file, or in /etc/passwd otherwise) and the group does, or if
the user is not listed as a member and the group has a password. The user will be denied access if the group password is empty and the user
is not listed as a member.
If there is an entry for this group in /etc/gshadow, then the list of members and the password of this group will be taken from this file,
otherwise, the entry in /etc/group is considered.
CONFIGURATION
The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool:
SYSLOG_SG_ENAB (boolean)
Enable "syslog" logging of sg activity.
FILES
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shadow
Secure user account information.
/etc/group
Group account information.
/etc/gshadow
Secure group account information.
SEE ALSO id(1), login(1), su(1), sg(1), gpasswd(1), group(5), gshadow(5).
shadow-utils 4.5 01/25/2018 NEWGRP(1)