NAME
newgrp - log in to a new group
SYNOPSIS
newgrp [group [command]]
newgrp [-c command] [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.
An optional command can be specified, which is invoked after group change instead of the user’s shell.
OPTIONS
- -c, --command=command
-
Pass command to the user’s shell with the -c option.
- -h, --help
-
Display help text and exit.
- -V, --version
-
Display version and exit.
FILES
/etc/group, /etc/passwd
AUTHORS
Originally by Michael Haardt. Currently maintained by Peter Orbaek <[email protected]>.
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The newgrp command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.