CHKGRP(8)

NAME

     chkgrp -- check the syntax of the group file

SYNOPSIS

     chkgrp [groupfile]

DESCRIPTION

     The chkgrp utility scans the given file or, failing that, the system-wide
     group file for errors.  Specifically, it checks that every non-blank,
     non-comment entry is composed of four colon-separated fields, that none
     of them contains whitespace, and that the third field (the group ID) is
     numeric.

FILES

     /etc/group  group database file

SEE ALSO

     getgrent(3), group(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

     For each error found, chkgrp will print an error message containing the
     name of the file being scanned and the line number on which the error was
     found.  Otherwise no output is produced.

     The chkgrp utility returns EX_DATAERR if errors were found in the group
     file, and EX_OK otherwise.

HISTORY

     The chkgrp utility appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS

     The chkgrp utility and this manual page were written by Dag-Erling
     Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS

     Should check fields more thoroughly for allowed/disallowed characters,
     and the range of the group ID.