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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man1p/newgrp.1p b/upstream/archlinux/man1p/newgrp.1p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f82e3798 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man1p/newgrp.1p @@ -0,0 +1,298 @@ +'\" et +.TH NEWGRP "1P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +newgrp +\(em change to a new group +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +newgrp \fB[\fR-l\fB] [\fIgroup\fB]\fR +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR newgrp +utility shall create a new shell execution environment with a new real +and effective group identification. Of the attributes listed in +.IR "Section 2.12" ", " "Shell Execution Environment", +the new shell execution environment shall retain the working directory, +file creation mask, and exported variables from the previous +environment (that is, open files, traps, unexported variables, alias +definitions, shell functions, and +.IR set +options may be lost). All other aspects of the process environment +that are preserved by the +.IR exec +family of functions defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 shall also be preserved by +.IR newgrp ; +whether other aspects are preserved is unspecified. +.P +A failure to assign the new group identifications (for example, for +security or password-related reasons) shall not prevent the new shell +execution environment from being created. +.P +The +.IR newgrp +utility shall affect the supplemental groups for the process as +follows: +.IP " *" 4 +On systems where the effective group ID is normally in the +supplementary group list (or whenever the old effective group ID +actually is in the supplementary group list): +.RS 4 +.IP -- 4 +If the new effective group ID is also in the supplementary group list, +.IR newgrp +shall change the effective group ID. +.IP -- 4 +If the new effective group ID is not in the supplementary group list, +.IR newgrp +shall add the new effective group ID to the list, if there is room to +add it. +.RE +.IP " *" 4 +On systems where the effective group ID is not normally in the +supplementary group list (or whenever the old effective group ID is not +in the supplementary group list): +.RS 4 +.IP -- 4 +If the new effective group ID is in the supplementary group list, +.IR newgrp +shall delete it. +.IP -- 4 +If the old effective group ID is not in the supplementary list, +.IR newgrp +shall add it if there is room. +.RE +.TP 10 +.BR Note: +The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 does not specify whether the effective group ID of a process +is included in its supplementary group list. +.P +.P +With no operands, +.IR newgrp +shall change the effective group back to the groups identified in the +user's user entry, and shall set the list of supplementary groups to +that set in the user's group database entries. +.P +If the first argument is +.BR '\-' , +the results are unspecified. +.P +If a password is required for the specified group, and the user is not +listed as a member of that group in the group database, the user shall +be prompted to enter the correct password for that group. If the user +is listed as a member of that group, no password shall be requested. +If no password is required for the specified group, it is +implementation-defined whether users not listed as members of that +group can change to that group. Whether or not a password is required, +implementation-defined system accounting or security mechanisms may +impose additional authorization restrictions that may cause +.IR newgrp +to write a diagnostic message and suppress the changing of the group +identification. +.SH OPTIONS +The +.IR newgrp +utility shall conform to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines", +except for the unspecified usage of +.BR '\-' . +.P +The following option shall be supported: +.IP "\fB\-l\fP" 10 +(The letter ell.) Change the environment to what would be expected if +the user actually logged in again. +.SH OPERANDS +The following operand shall be supported: +.IP "\fIgroup\fR" 10 +A group name from the group database or a non-negative numeric group +ID. Specifies the group ID to which the real and effective group IDs +shall be set. If +.IR group +is a non-negative numeric string and exists in the group database as a +group name (see +\fIgetgrnam\fR()), +the numeric group ID associated with that group name shall be used as +the group ID. +.SH STDIN +Not used. +.SH "INPUT FILES" +The file +.BR /dev/tty +shall be used to read a single line of text for password checking, when +one is required. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR newgrp : +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of +text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to +multi-byte characters in arguments). +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. +.IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10 +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of +.IR LC_MESSAGES . +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +Not used. +.SH STDERR +The standard error shall be used for diagnostic messages and a prompt +string for a password, if one is required. Diagnostic messages may be +written in cases where the exit status is not available. See the EXIT +STATUS section. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +None. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +If +.IR newgrp +succeeds in creating a new shell execution environment, whether or not +the group identification was changed successfully, the exit status +shall be the exit status of the shell. Otherwise, the following exit +value shall be returned: +.IP >0 6 +An error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +The invoking shell may terminate. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +There is no convenient way to enter a password into the group +database. Use of group passwords is not encouraged, because by their +very nature they encourage poor security practices. Group passwords +may disappear in the future. +.P +A common implementation of +.IR newgrp +is that the current shell uses +.IR exec +to overlay itself with +.IR newgrp , +which in turn overlays itself with a new shell after changing group. +On some implementations, however, this may not occur and +.IR newgrp +may be invoked as a subprocess. +.P +The +.IR newgrp +command is intended only for use from an interactive terminal. It does +not offer a useful interface for the support of applications. +.P +The exit status of +.IR newgrp +is generally inapplicable. If +.IR newgrp +is used in a script, in most cases it successfully invokes a new shell +and the rest of the original shell script is bypassed when the new +shell exits. Used interactively, +.IR newgrp +displays diagnostic messages to indicate problems. But usage such as: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +newgrp foo +echo $? +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +is not useful because the new shell might not have access to any status +.IR newgrp +may have generated (and most historical systems do not provide this +status). A zero status echoed here does not necessarily indicate that +the user has changed to the new group successfully. Following +.IR newgrp +with the +.IR id +command provides a portable means of determining whether the group +change was successful or not. +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH RATIONALE +Most historical implementations use one of the +.IR exec +functions to implement the behavior of +.IR newgrp . +Errors detected before the +.IR exec +leave the environment unchanged, while errors detected after the +.IR exec +leave the user in a changed environment. While it would be useful to +have +.IR newgrp +issue a diagnostic message to tell the user that the environment +changed, it would be inappropriate to require this change to some +historical implementations. +.P +The password mechanism is allowed in the group database, but how this +would be implemented is not specified. +.P +The +.IR newgrp +utility was retained in this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, even given the existence of the multiple +group permissions feature in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, for several reasons. First, in +some implementations, the group ownership of a newly created file is +determined by the group of the directory in which the file is created, +as allowed by the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017; on other implementations, the group ownership +of a newly created file is determined by the effective group ID. On +implementations of the latter type, +.IR newgrp +allows files to be created with a specific group ownership. Finally, +many implementations use the real group ID in accounting, and on such +systems, +.IR newgrp +allows the accounting identity of the user to be changed. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "Chapter 2" ", " "Shell Command Language", +.IR "\fIsh\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables", +.IR "Section 12.2" ", " "Utility Syntax Guidelines" +.P +The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fIexec\fR\^", +.IR "\fIgetgrnam\fR\^(\|)" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |