How to check group membership

**Compunuts** · 09-29-2002, 01:18 PM

My distro: Debian Woody with no X.

How can I check

1. What users belongs to the given group?

2. what a given user belongs to what groups?

TIA ....

**praetorian** · 09-29-2002, 03:08 PM

cat /etc/group ???

**pbharris** · 09-29-2002, 05:09 PM

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=12;threadid=5150;start=0#50942 date=1033305514]
1. What users belongs to the given group?
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do what prae said!

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=12;threadid=5150;start=0#50942 date=1033305514]
2. what a given user belongs to what groups?
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#1 should do it this will also do it groups username

**Compunuts** · 09-30-2002, 07:24 AM

Nah, this will show all the group. I want a specific group and result be displayed.

For example, if I want for the group named "web" then I want the program to show the IDs that belongs to the group "web". Cat /etc/group will show ALL of the groups which is not very useful and too much work to filter it through.

**gorn** · 10-01-2002, 04:21 AM

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=12;threadid=5150;start=0#50991 date=1033370676]
Nah, this will show all the group. I want a specific group and result be displayed.

For example, if I want for the group named "web" then I want the program to show the IDs that belongs to the group "web". Cat /etc/group will show ALL of the groups which is not very useful and too much work to filter it through.
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what about grep "idnumberofgroup" /etc/passwd /etc/group ? that should print everything from the password file as well as from the group file.

**Schotty** · 10-01-2002, 04:31 AM

well, doesnt kde have kuser, that can graphically do what you want. It allows you to use a pulldown IIRC to choose the group or you can quick look it up in the list and change it accordingly. Its a thought if you dont wanna do a bunch of commands to get it done.

**Compunuts** · 10-01-2002, 06:56 AM

[quote author=Schotty link=board=12;threadid=5150;start=0#51066 date=1033446718]
well, doesnt kde have kuser, that can graphically do what you want.
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Yes it does. And Gnome have User Manager tool but as I said in my first post, that system have no X running .....

**Compunuts** · 10-01-2002, 07:00 AM

[quote author=gorn link=board=12;threadid=5150;start=0#51061 date=1033446078]
what about grep "idnumberofgroup" /etc/passwd /etc/group ? that should print everything from the password file as well as from the group file.
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Yeah, this works pretty good. Instead of idnumberofgroup, the nameofgroup work as well ...

Thanks.