NAME¶

newgrp - log in to a new group

SYNOPSIS¶

newgrp [group [command]]

newgrp [-c command] [group]

DESCRIPTION¶

newgrp changes the group identification of its caller, analogously to login(1). The same person remains logged in, and the current directory is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are performed with respect to the new group ID.

If no group is specified, the GID is changed to the login GID.

An optional command can be specified, which is invoked after group change instead of the user’s shell.

OPTIONS¶

-c, --command=command

-h, --help

-V, --version

FILES¶

/etc/group, /etc/passwd

AUTHORS¶

Originally by Michael Haardt. Currently maintained by Peter Orbaek <poe@daimi.aau.dk>.

SEE ALSO¶

login(1), group(5)

REPORTING BUGS¶

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY¶

The newgrp command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.