NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | CONFIGURATION | FILES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

SG(1)                           User Commands                          SG(1)

NAME         top

       sg - execute command as different group ID

SYNOPSIS         top

       sg [-] [group [-c ] command]

DESCRIPTION         top

       The sg command works similar to newgrp but accepts a command. The
       command will be executed with the /bin/sh shell. With most shells you
       may run sg from, you need to enclose multi-word commands in quotes.
       Another difference between newgrp and sg is that some shells treat
       newgrp specially, replacing themselves with a new instance of a shell
       that newgrp creates. This doesn't happen with sg, so upon exit from a
       sg command you are returned to your previous group ID.

CONFIGURATION         top

       The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the
       behavior of this tool:
       SYSLOG_SG_ENAB (boolean)
           Enable "syslog" logging of sg activity.

FILES         top

       /etc/passwd
           User account information.
       /etc/shadow
           Secure user account information.
       /etc/group
           Group account information.
       /etc/gshadow
           Secure group account information.

SEE ALSO         top

       id(1), login(1), newgrp(1), su(1), gpasswd(1), group(5), gshadow(5).

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the shadow-utils (utilities for managing
       accounts and shadow password files) project.  Information about the
       project can be found at ⟨http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/⟩.  If
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       ⟨http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/getinvolved.php⟩.  This page was
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