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
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.