HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

group(4) group(4)

There is no single tool available to completely ensure that

/etc/passwd, /etc/group, and

/etc/logingroup

are compatible. However, pwck and grpck can be used to simplify the task (see

pwck(1M)).

There is no tool for setting group passwords in

/etc/group.

DEPENDENCIES

NIS

EXAMPLES

Here is a sample

/etc/group ﬁle:

other:*:1:root,daemon,uucp,who,date,sync

-oldproj

bin:*:2:root,bin,daemon,lp

+myproject:::bill,steve

Group other has a gid of 1 and members

root, daemon, uucp, who, date, and sync. The group

oldproj is ignored since it appears after the entry

-oldproj. Also, the group myproject has

members

bill and steve, and the password and group

ID of the NIS entry for the group myproject.

All groups listed in the

NIS are pulled in and placed after the entry for

myproject.

WARNINGS

The plus (

+) and minus (-) features are part of NIS. Therefore if

NIS is not installed, these features can-

not work.

FILES

/etc/group

/etc/logingroup