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Old 12-04-2014, 07:39 AM   #1
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What is the command to display the members of a group?

What is the command to display the members of a group?
 
Old 12-04-2014, 08:01 AM   #2
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It's called ...... group! (surprise, surprise). Check out "man group" and you'll see how it works.
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/etc/group is not reliable if you want the members of a group.

You need to find the GID in /etc/group and then check /etc/passwd for occurrences of that GID.
This will give you a list of user names (or UID's).
 
  


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