v7 man page for group

Query: group

OS: v7

Section: 5

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GROUP(5)							File Formats Manual							  GROUP(5)

NAME
group - group file
DESCRIPTION
Group contains for each group the following information: group name encrypted password numerical group ID a comma separated list of all users allowed in the group This is an ASCII file. The fields are separated by colons; Each group is separated from the next by a new-line. If the password field is null, no password is demanded. This file resides in directory /etc. Because of the encrypted passwords, it can and does have general read permission and can be used, for example, to map numerical group ID's to names.
FILES
/etc/group
SEE ALSO
newgrp(1), crypt(3), passwd(1), passwd(5) GROUP(5)
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