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3 .TH NEWGRP 1 "9 October 1993" "Linux 1.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
5 newgrp \- log in to a new group
7 .BI "newgrp [ " group " ]"
10 changes the group identification of its caller, analogously to
12 The same person remains logged in, and the current directory
13 is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are performed
14 with respect to the new group ID.
16 If no group is specified, the GID is changed to the login GID.
24 .BR login "(1), " group (5)
27 Originally by Michael Haardt. Currently maintained by
28 Peter Orbaek (poe@daimi.aau.dk).