GROUPS(1)                    BSD Reference Manual                    GROUPS(1)

NAME
     groups - show group memberships

SYNOPSIS
     groups [user]

DESCRIPTION
     The groups command shows the groups to which you or the optionally speci-
     fied user belong.  Each user belongs to a group specified in the password
     file /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in the file
     /etc/group. If you do not own a file but belong to the group which it is
     owned by then you are granted group access to the file.

     When a new file is created it is given the group of the containing direc-
     tory.

SEE ALSO
     group(5),  setgroups(2)

FILES
     /etc/passwd
     /etc/group

HISTORY
     The group command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BUGS
     More groups should be allowed.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution       March 27, 1993                               1