CHKGRP(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual CHKGRP(8)
NAME
chkgrp - check the syntax of the group file
SYNOPSIS
chkgrp [-q] [groupfile]
DESCRIPTION
The chkgrp utility scans the given file or, failing that, the system-wide
group file for errors. Specifically, it checks that every non-blank,
non-comment entry is composed of four colon-separated fields, that none
of them contains whitespace, and that the third field (the group ID) is
numeric. It will also check for invalid characters in the group names
and group members. The following options are available:
-q This option disables printing of text when the group format is
correct.
FILES
/etc/group group database file
EXIT STATUS
The chkgrp utility returns EX_DATAERR if errors were found in the group
file, and EX_OK otherwise.
DIAGNOSTICS
For each error found, chkgrp will print an error message containing the
name of the file being scanned and the line number on which the error was
found.
SEE ALSO
getgrent(3), group(5)
HISTORY
The chkgrp utility appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.
AUTHORS
The chkgrp utility and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling
Smorgrav <
[email protected]>. Further functionality was added by Liam J.
Foy <
[email protected]>.
BUGS
Should check the range of the group ID.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 May 26, 2005 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8