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newgrp(1) -- Linux man page
NAME
newgrp - log in to a new group
SYNOPSIS
newgrp [ group ]
DESCRIPTION
Newgrp
changes the group identification of its caller, analogously to
login(1).
The same person remains logged in, and the current directory
is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are performed
with respect to the new group ID.
If no group is specified, the GID is changed to the login GID.
FILES
/etc/group
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSO
login(1), group(5)
AUTHOR
Originally by Michael Haardt. Currently maintained by
Peter Orbaek (poe@daimi.aau.dk).
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