1.\" $OpenBSD: groupinfo.8,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:20:30 jmc Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: groupinfo.8,v 1.3 2000/10/03 19:32:23 bjh21 Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks. 17.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 18.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 19.\" permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 22.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 23.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 24.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 25.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 26.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 27.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 28.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 29.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 30.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 31.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" 34.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 35.Dt GROUPINFO 8 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm groupinfo 39.Nd displays group information 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm groupinfo 42.Op Fl ev 43.Ar group 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47utility retrieves the group information from the system. 48.Pp 49The following command line options are recognised: 50.Bl -tag -width Ds 51.It Fl e 52return 0 if the group exists, and non-zero if the 53group does not exist, on the system. 54No information is displayed. 55This form of the command is useful for 56scripts which need to check whether a particular group 57name or GID is already in use on the system. 58.It Fl v 59perform any actions in a verbose manner. 60.El 61.Pp 62The 63.Ar group 64argument may either be a group's name, or a GID. 65.Pp 66The 67.Nm 68utility exits 0 if the group name or GID exists, and non-zero if it does not. 69.Sh FILES 70.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact 71.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf 72.El 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr passwd 5 , 75.Xr usermgmt.conf 5 76.Sh HISTORY 77The 78.Nm 79utility first appeared in 80.Ox 2.7 . 81.Sh AUTHORS 82The 83.Nm 84utility was written by 85.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org . 86