Node:Group Database, Next:Database Example, Previous:User Database, Up:Users and Groups

Group Database

This section describes how to search and scan the database of registered groups. The database itself is kept in the file /etc/group on most systems, but on some systems a special network service provides access to it.

• Group Data Structure: What each group record contains.
• Lookup Group: How to look for a particular group.
• Scanning All Groups: Scanning the list of all groups.