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diff --git a/man/man1/newgrp.1 b/man/man1/newgrp.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..312e6ca --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/newgrp.1 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: newgrp +.\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 11/08/2022 +.\" Manual: User Commands +.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.13 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "NEWGRP" "1" "11/08/2022" "shadow\-utils 4\&.13" "User Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.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" +newgrp \- log in to a new group +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBnewgrp\fR\ 'u +\fBnewgrp\fR [\-] [\fIgroup\fR] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +\fBnewgrp\fR +command is used to change the current group ID during a login session\&. If the optional +\fB\-\fR +flag is given, the user\*(Aqs environment will be reinitialized as though the user had logged in, otherwise the current environment, including current working directory, remains unchanged\&. +.PP +\fBnewgrp\fR +changes the current real group ID to the named group, or to the default group listed in +/etc/passwd +if no group name is given\&. +\fBnewgrp\fR +also tries to add the group to the user groupset\&. If not root, the user will be prompted for a password if she does not have a password (in +/etc/shadow +if this user has an entry in the shadowed password file, or in +/etc/passwd +otherwise) and the group does, or if the user is not listed as a member and the group has a password\&. The user will be denied access if the group password is empty and the user is not listed as a member\&. +.PP +If there is an entry for this group in +/etc/gshadow, then the list of members and the password of this group will be taken from this file, otherwise, the entry in +/etc/group +is considered\&. +.SH "CONFIGURATION" +.PP +The following configuration variables in +/etc/login\&.defs +change the behavior of this tool: +.PP +\fBSYSLOG_SG_ENAB\fR (boolean) +.RS 4 +Enable "syslog" logging of +\fBsg\fR +activity\&. +.RE +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/etc/passwd +.RS 4 +User account information\&. +.RE +.PP +/etc/shadow +.RS 4 +Secure user account information\&. +.RE +.PP +/etc/group +.RS 4 +Group account information\&. +.RE +.PP +/etc/gshadow +.RS 4 +Secure group account information\&. +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBid\fR(1), +\fBlogin\fR(1), +\fBsu\fR(1), +\fBsg\fR(1), +\fBgpasswd\fR(1), +\fBgroup\fR(5), \fBgshadow\fR(5)\&. |