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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)newgrp.1    4.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH NEWGRP 1 
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: newgrp \- log in to a new group
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B newgrp
                      9: group
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Newgrp
                     12: changes the group identification of its caller,
                     13: analogously to
                     14: .IR  login (1).
                     15: The same person remains logged in,
                     16: and the current directory is unchanged,
                     17: but calculations of access permissions to files are
                     18: performed with respect to the
                     19: new group ID.
                     20: .PP
                     21: A password is demanded if the group has
                     22: a password and the user himself does not.
                     23: .PP
                     24: .I Newgrp
                     25: is known to the shell, which executes it directly without a fork.
                     26: .SH FILES
                     27: /etc/group, /etc/passwd
                     28: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     29: login(1), group(5)
                     30: .SH BUGS

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