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diff --git a/login-utils/newgrp.1 b/login-utils/newgrp.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..032a5d5aa --- /dev/null +++ b/login-utils/newgrp.1 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.\" Original author unknown. This man page is in the public domain. +.\" Modified Sat Oct 9 17:46:48 1993 by faith@cs.unc.edu +.TH NEWGRP 1 "9 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +newgrp \- log in to a new group +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI "newgrp [ " group " ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Newgrp +changes the group identification of its caller, analogously to +.BR login (1). +The same person remains logged in, and the current directory +is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are performed +with respect to the new group ID. +.LP +If no group is specified, the GID is changed to the login GID. +.LP +.SH FILES +.I /etc/group +.br +.I /etc/passwd + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR login "(1), " group (5) |