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CHKGRP(8)		    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	<des@FreeBSD.org>.  Further functionality was added by Liam J.
       Foy <liamfoy@dragonflybsd.org>.

BUGS
       Should check the	range of the group ID.

FreeBSD	13.2			 May 26, 2005			     CHKGRP(8)

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