Group Database

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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.

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• 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.