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Group (database)

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group is a name service database used to store group information on Unix-like operating systems. The sources for the group database (and hence the sources for groups on a system) are configured, like other name service databases, in nsswitch.conf.

Contents

Seeing available groups on a Unix system

The contents of the group database (and available groups) can be seen with a variety of tools:

Command line

The getent command can be used to fetch group information.

Fetching a list of all available groups

getent group

Fetching a specific group

For a specific group called 'users':

getent group users

Python

  • grp - The Group Database — a Python module
  • References

    Group (database) Wikipedia


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