01-18-2013
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
groups
groups(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands groups(1B)
NAME
groups - display a user's group memberships
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/groups [user]...
DESCRIPTION
With no arguments, groups displays the groups to which you belong; else it displays the groups to which the user belongs. Each user
belongs to a group specified in the password file /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in the file /etc/group. If you do
not own a file but belong to the group which it is owned by then you are granted group access to the file.
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getgroups(2), attributes(5)
NOTES
This command is obsolete.
SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 groups(1B)