newgrp: Changing to Another User Group
by Tammy Fox
Last Modified: Wednesday, 19-May-2004 11:55:35 EDT
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Introduction
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newgrp is a command that allows you to change the group you are currently a
member of. It allows you to be be a member of more than one group and switch groups by executing the newgrp command.
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Using newgrp
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Most users are by default in the users group. However, if you have permission to be a member of more than one group,
you can use the newgrp command to switch between different groups. To view the
current group of a file, execute the following command:
ls -l.
This will display the files in the current directory in long format. The fourth column in the table is the group
that the file/directory is associated with. For further information on reading permissions, see the
Reading Files/Directories Permissions guide. For further information on adding a
new group, see the groupadd: Adding a New User Group guide.
To use the command, type newgrp groupname (where "groupname" is the new group you
wish to change to) If you have permission to be a member of that group, all your actions from then on will have
the permissions of that new group. For example, if you create a new file or directory, the group of the new file
or directory will be "groupname".
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