The GNU C Library - Group Database

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Group Database

This section describes all about 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.

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.


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