This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(May 2013) |
Group is a
name service database used to store group information on
Unix-like operating systems. The sources for the group database (and hence the sources for groups on a system) are configured, like other
name service databases, in
nsswitch.conf.[
citation needed] The database file is located at /etc/group
. It contains fields representing the group name, group id, encrypted password, and users belonging to the group. These fields are stored in a structure defined in the
header file <grp.h>
.
[1]
The contents of the group database (and available groups) can be seen with a variety of tools:
The <grp.h>
header file contains the functions getgrgid
and getgrname
to look up a group by its ID or Name, as well as the functions setgrent
, getgrent
, and endgrent
to iterate through all groups.
[1]
The getent command can be used to fetch group information.[ citation needed]
getent group
For a specific group called 'users':
getent group users
This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(May 2013) |
Group is a
name service database used to store group information on
Unix-like operating systems. The sources for the group database (and hence the sources for groups on a system) are configured, like other
name service databases, in
nsswitch.conf.[
citation needed] The database file is located at /etc/group
. It contains fields representing the group name, group id, encrypted password, and users belonging to the group. These fields are stored in a structure defined in the
header file <grp.h>
.
[1]
The contents of the group database (and available groups) can be seen with a variety of tools:
The <grp.h>
header file contains the functions getgrgid
and getgrname
to look up a group by its ID or Name, as well as the functions setgrent
, getgrent
, and endgrent
to iterate through all groups.
[1]
The getent command can be used to fetch group information.[ citation needed]
getent group
For a specific group called 'users':
getent group users