NEWGRP(1) | General Commands Manual | NEWGRP(1) |
newgrp
—
newgrp |
[-l ] [group] |
newgrp
command changes a user to a new primary group
(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.
The newgrp
command accepts the following
options:
-l
The group is a group name or non-negative numeric group ID from the group database. The real and effective group IDs are set to group or the group ID associated with the group name.
If group is not specified,
newgrp
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.
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.
newgrp
command conforms to IEEE Std
1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).
newgrp
command appeared in
Version 6 AT&T UNIX. A
newgrp
command appeared in NetBSD
5.0.
June 6, 2007 | NetBSD 9.4 |