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Manual page for GROUPS(1)

groups - show group memberships

SYNOPSIS

groups [user]

DESCRIPTION

The groups command shows the groups to which you or the optionally specified user belong. Each user belongs to a group specified in the passwd(5) database. and possibly to other groups as specified in the group(5) database. 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.

When a new file is created it is given the group of the containing directory.

SEE ALSO

setgroups(2), netinfo(5)

FILES

/etc/passwd, /etc/group - if NetInfo is not running

BUGS

More groups should be allowed.


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