NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | CONFIGURATION | FILES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON |
SG(1) User Commands SG(1)
sg - execute command as different group ID
sg [-] [group [-c ] command]
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.
The following configuration variables in /etc/login.defs change the behavior of this tool: SYSLOG_SG_ENAB (boolean) Enable "syslog" logging of sg activity.
/etc/passwd User account information. /etc/shadow Secure user account information. /etc/group Group account information. /etc/gshadow Secure group account information.
id(1), login(1), newgrp(1), su(1), gpasswd(1), group(5), gshadow(5).
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shadow-utils 4.4 07/05/2017 SG(1)
Pages that refer to this page: newgrp(1), su(1@@shadow-utils), group(5), credentials(7)