CHKGRP(8) |
FreeBSD System Manager's Manual |
CHKGRP(8) |
NAME
chkgrp —
check the syntax of the group file
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.
HISTORY
The
chkgrp utility appeared in
FreeBSD 3.0.
AUTHORS
The
chkgrp utility and this manual page were written by
Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>. Further functionality was added by
Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@dragonflybsd.org>.
BUGS
Should check the range of the group ID.