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1.1       root        1: .TH NEWGRP 1
                      2: .CT 1 proc_man secur
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: newgrp \(mi change to a new group
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B newgrp
                      7: .I group
                      8: [
                      9: .I command
                     10: [
                     11: .I arg ...
                     12: ] ]
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: .I Newgrp
                     15: runs a
                     16: .I command
                     17: with the (real and effective) groupid temporarily set to 
                     18: .I group.
                     19: If no command is given, the user's shell (see
                     20: .IR passwd (5))
                     21: is executed.
                     22: .PP
                     23: A password is demanded if the group has
                     24: a password and the user does not.
                     25: .SH EXAMPLES
                     26: .TP
                     27: .L
                     28: exec newgrp bin
                     29: Restart the shell with a different groupid.
                     30: .SH FILES
                     31: .F /etc/group
                     32: .br
                     33: .F /etc/passwd
                     34: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     35: .IR login (8), 
                     36: .IR getuid (2)
                     37: .SH BUGS
                     38: On other systems,
                     39: .I newgrp
                     40: is built into the shell.
                     41: Here it will spawn a new shell unless invoked with
                     42: .BR exec .

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