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diff --git a/usr.sbin/chkgrp/chkgrp.8 b/usr.sbin/chkgrp/chkgrp.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a57356 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/chkgrp/chkgrp.8 @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer +.\" in this position and unchanged. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 26, 2005 +.Dt CHKGRP 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm chkgrp +.Nd check the syntax of the group file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl q +.Op Ar groupfile +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +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. +It will also check for invalid characters in the group names +and group members. +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl q +This option disables printing of text when the group format +is correct. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact +.It Pa /etc/group +group database file +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility returns +.Dv EX_DATAERR +if errors were found in the group file, +and +.Dv EX_OK +otherwise. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +For each error found, +.Nm +will print an error message containing the name of the file being +scanned and the line number on which the error was found. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getgrent 3 , +.Xr group 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Fx 3.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +utility and this manual page were written by +.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org . +Further functionality was added by +.An Liam J. Foy Aq liamfoy@dragonflybsd.org . +.Sh BUGS +Should check the range of the group ID. |