GROUPINFO(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

GROUPINFO(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

groupinfo - display group information

SYNOPSIS #

groupinfo [-e] group

DESCRIPTION #

The groupinfo utility displays the name, group ID (GID), and members of the specified group.

The options are as follows:

-e

Do not display anything (quiet mode). This form of the command is useful for scripts which need to check whether a particular group name or GID is already in use on the system.

The group argument may be either a group name or a GID.

EXIT STATUS #

The groupinfo utility exits 0 if group exists, and non-zero if it does not.

SEE ALSO #

group(5), passwd(5), group(8), userinfo(8)

HISTORY #

The groupinfo utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

AUTHORS #

The groupinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

CAVEATS #

If the specified group is the primary group of a user, but that user is not listed as a member of the group in the group(5) file, the groupinfo utility fails to list that user as a member of the group.

OpenBSD 7.5 - November 29, 2016