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fratrik
Asked: 2012-05-15 05:24:23 +0800 CST

How do I list the members of a group?

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How can I see all the members of a group in Linux?

user-management

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use the commands:

    getent group groupname

    or

    getent group groupname | awk -F: '{print $4}' |  tr "," " "
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  2. You can do 

    members YOUR_GROUP_NAME

    and it will list all the users in the group YOUR_GROUP_NAME.

    If it's not installed by default:

    sudo apt-get install members
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  3. One more way to check all the members of a group is by checking the /etc/group file which lists all the groups and its members

    Example:

    root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:syslog,nikhil
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:nikhil
floppy:x:25:
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:nikhil
audio:x:29:pulse

    The first string (separated by :) specifies the group name and the last string specifies the user added to this group.

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