groups(1) User Commands groups(1)NAME
groups - print group membership of user
SYNOPSIS
groups [user...]
DESCRIPTION
The command groups prints on standard output the groups to which you or the optionally specified user belong. Each user belongs to a group
specified in /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in /etc/group. Note that /etc/passwd specifies the numerical ID (gid)
of the group. The groups command converts gid to the group name in the output.
EXAMPLES
The output takes the following form:
example% groups tester01 tester02
tester01 : staff
tester02 : staff
example%
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 groups(1)
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groups(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands groups(1B)NAME
groups - display a user's group memberships
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/groups [user]...
DESCRIPTION
With no arguments, groups displays the groups to which you belong; else it displays the groups to which the user belongs. Each user
belongs to a group specified in the password file /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in the file /etc/group. 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.
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO getgroups(2), attributes(5)NOTES
This command is obsolete.
SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 groups(1B)
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