newgrp

Change to a new group (POSIX)

Syntax:

newgrp [-|-l|-s] [group]

Options:

-

Deprecated. Synonymous to -l.

-l

("el") Change the environment to what would be expected if the user actually logged in again.

-s

Set the group ID of the parent, do not exec() a login shell.

group

A group name.

Description:

The newgrp utility starts a new shell with a new real and effective group ID. The user remains logged in and the current directory doesn't change, but file access permissions are based on the new real and effective group IDs.

If no operands are specified, newgrp changes the group ID back to the group identified in the invoking user's entry in /etc/passwd.

If you don't use the -l option, the environment variables remain unchanged.

Note that group passwords aren't supported in QNX. Only the user root may change the group ID to a group that it doesn't belong to.

Files:

/etc/group

Contains information on the group IDs in the system. See passwd's "Files" section for a brief description of the format of this file.

/etc/passwd

Contains information on the user IDs in the system.

See the passwd utility "Files" section for a brief description of the format of these files.

See also:

su, passwd