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+.\"     Title: groupmems
+.\"    Author: George Kraft, IV
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: 01/23/2020
+.\"    Manual: System Management Commands
+.\"    Source: shadow-utils 4.8.1
+.\"  Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "GROUPMEMS" "8" "01/23/2020" "shadow\-utils 4\&.8\&.1" "System Management Commands"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
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+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+.el       .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+groupmems \- administer members of a user\*(Aqs primary group
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBgroupmems\fR\ 'u
+\fBgroupmems\fR \-a\ \fIuser_name\fR | \-d\ \fIuser_name\fR | [\-g\ \fIgroup_name\fR] | \-l | \-p 
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+The
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+command allows a user to administer their own group membership list without the requirement of superuser privileges\&. The
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+utility is for systems that configure its users to be in their own name sake primary group (i\&.e\&., guest / guest)\&.
+.PP
+Only the superuser, as administrator, can use
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+to alter the memberships of other groups\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+The options which apply to the
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+command are:
+.PP
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add\fR\ \&\fIuser_name\fR
+.RS 4
+Add a user to the group membership list\&.
+.sp
+If the
+/etc/gshadow
+file exist, and the group has no entry in the
+/etc/gshadow
+file, a new entry will be created\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete\fR\ \&\fIuser_name\fR
+.RS 4
+Delete a user from the group membership list\&.
+.sp
+If the
+/etc/gshadow
+file exist, the user will be removed from the list of members and administrators of the group\&.
+.sp
+If the
+/etc/gshadow
+file exist, and the group has no entry in the
+/etc/gshadow
+file, a new entry will be created\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR\ \&\fIgroup_name\fR
+.RS 4
+The superuser can specify which group membership list to modify\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+.RS 4
+Display help message and exit\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
+.RS 4
+List the group membership list\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-purge\fR
+.RS 4
+Purge all users from the group membership list\&.
+.sp
+If the
+/etc/gshadow
+file exist, and the group has no entry in the
+/etc/gshadow
+file, a new entry will be created\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR\ \&\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
+.RS 4
+Apply changes in the
+\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
+directory and use the configuration files from the
+\fICHROOT_DIR\fR
+directory\&.
+.RE
+.SH "SETUP"
+.PP
+The
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+executable should be in mode
+2710
+as user
+\fIroot\fR
+and in group
+\fIgroups\fR\&. The system administrator can add users to group
+\fIgroups\fR
+to allow or disallow them using the
+\fBgroupmems\fR
+utility to manage their own group membership list\&.
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+	$ groupadd \-r groups
+	$ chmod 2710 groupmems
+	$ chown root\&.groups groupmems
+	$ groupmems \-g groups \-a gk4
+    
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "CONFIGURATION"
+.PP
+The following configuration variables in
+/etc/login\&.defs
+change the behavior of this tool:
+.PP
+\fBMAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP\fR (number)
+.RS 4
+Maximum members per group entry\&. When the maximum is reached, a new group entry (line) is started in
+/etc/group
+(with the same name, same password, and same GID)\&.
+.sp
+The default value is 0, meaning that there are no limits in the number of members in a group\&.
+.sp
+This feature (split group) permits to limit the length of lines in the group file\&. This is useful to make sure that lines for NIS groups are not larger than 1024 characters\&.
+.sp
+If you need to enforce such limit, you can use 25\&.
+.sp
+Note: split groups may not be supported by all tools (even in the Shadow toolsuite)\&. You should not use this variable unless you really need it\&.
+.RE
+.SH "FILES"
+.PP
+/etc/group
+.RS 4
+Group account information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+/etc/gshadow
+.RS 4
+secure group account information
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBchfn\fR(1),
+\fBchsh\fR(1),
+\fBpasswd\fR(1),
+\fBgroupadd\fR(8),
+\fBgroupdel\fR(8),
+\fBuseradd\fR(8),
+\fBuserdel\fR(8),
+\fBusermod\fR(8)\&.