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ldapgid

ldapgid(1)						      General Commands Manual							ldapgid(1)

NAME

       ldapgid - displays a group's list of IDs the way ldapid(1) does.

SYNOPSIS

       ldapgid [-P]<groupname|gid>

DESCRIPTION

       The  following  is displayed : gid=gidNumber(cn) users(primary)=uidNumber(uid)[,uidNumber(uid)...] users(secondary)=uidNumber(uid)[,uidNum-
       ber(uid)...].

       users(primary) lists users having the group declared as their primary group. users(secondary) lists users using the group  as  a  secondary
       one.

OPTIONS

       <groupname | gid>
	      Group name or GID of a group to show information about.

       [-P]   Display group information as a /etc/group file entry.

SEE ALSO

       ldapid(1), lsldap(1), ldapfinger(1), ldapscripts(5).

AVAILABILITY

       The ldapscripts are provided under the GNU General Public License v2 (see COPYING for more details).  The latest version of the ldapscripts
       is available on : http://contribs.martymac.org

BUGS

       No bug known.

								 January 23, 2009							ldapgid(1)

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