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author | Kiyoshi Aman <kiyoshi.aman+adelie@gmail.com> | 2019-02-01 22:55:37 +0000 |
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committer | Kiyoshi Aman <kiyoshi.aman+adelie@gmail.com> | 2019-02-03 18:22:05 -0600 |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 b/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bd4785 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: newgrp.1,v 1.5 2017/07/03 21:34:20 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007, The NetBSD Foundation. +.\" All Rights Reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Brian Ginsbach. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd June 6, 2007 +.Dt NEWGRP 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm newgrp +.Nd change to a new primary group +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl l +.Op Ar group +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command changes a user to a new primary group +.Pq real and effective group ID +by starting a new shell. +The user remains logged in and the current directory +and file creation mask remain unchanged. +The user is always given a new shell even if +the primary group change fails. +.Pp +The +.Nm +command accepts the following options: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl l +The environment is changed to what would be expected if the user +actually logged in again. +This simulates a full login. +.El +.Pp +The +.Ar group +is a group name or non-negative numeric group ID from the group database. +The real and effective group IDs are set to +.Ar group +or the group ID associated with the group name. +.Pp +If +.Ar group +is not specified, +.Nm +restores the user's real and effective group IDs to the user's +primary group specified in the password database. +The user's supplementary group IDs are restored to the set specified +for the user in the group database. +.Pp +If the user is not a member of the specified group, and the group +requires a password, the user will be prompted for the group password. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact +.It Pa /etc/group +The group database +.It Pa /etc/master.passwd +The user database +.It Pa /etc/passwd +A Version 7 format password file +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +If a new shell is started the exit status is the exit status of the shell. +Otherwise the exit status will be >0. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr groups 1 , +.Xr login 1 , +.Xr sh 1 , +.Xr su 1 , +.Xr umask 2 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr environ 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +command conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v6 . +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.Nx 5.0 . +.Sh BUGS +There is no convenient way to enter a password into +.Pa /etc/group . +The use of group passwords is strongly discouraged +since they are inherently insecure. +It is not possible to stop users from obtaining the encrypted +password from the group database. |