chkgrp(8) [freebsd man page]

CHKGRP(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 CHKGRP(8)

NAME

     chkgrp -- check the syntax of the group file

SYNOPSIS

     chkgrp [-q] [groupfile]

DESCRIPTION

     The chkgrp utility scans the given file or, failing that, the system-wide group file for errors.  Specifically, it checks that every non-
     blank, non-comment entry is composed of four colon-separated fields, that none of them contains whitespace, and that the third field (the
     group ID) is numeric.  It will also check for invalid characters in the group names and group members.  The following options are available:

     -q      This option disables printing of text when the group format is correct.

FILES

     /etc/group  group database file

EXIT STATUS

     The chkgrp utility returns EX_DATAERR if errors were found in the group file, and EX_OK otherwise.

DIAGNOSTICS

     For each error found, chkgrp will print an error message containing the name of the file being scanned and the line number on which the error
     was found.

SEE ALSO

     getgrent(3), group(5)

HISTORY

     The chkgrp utility appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS

     The chkgrp utility and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.  Further functionality was added by Liam J.
     Foy <liamfoy@dragonflybsd.org>.

BUGS

     Should check the range of the group ID.

BSD
								   May 26, 2005 							       BSD

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GROUP(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						  GROUP(8)

NAME

     group -- manage group information on the system

SYNOPSIS

     group add [options] group
     group del [options] group
     group info [options] group
     group mod [options] group

DESCRIPTION

     The group utility acts as a frontend to the groupadd(8), groupmod(8), groupinfo(8), and groupdel(8) commands.  The utilities by default are
     built with EXTENSIONS.  This allows for further functionality.

     For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page.

EXIT STATUS

     The group utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     group(5), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupinfo(8), groupmod(8)

HISTORY

     The group utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.  It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.

AUTHORS

     The group utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

BSD
								 November 7, 2005							       BSD

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