newgrp (1)

NAME

       newgrp - log in to a new group

SYNOPSIS

       newgrp [ 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 per-
       formed with respect to the new group ID.

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

FILES

       /etc/group
       /etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

       login(1), group(5)

AUTHOR

       Originally by Michael Haardt.  Currently  maintained  by  Peter  Orbaek
       (poe@daimi.aau.dk).

Linux 1.2                       9 October 1993                       newgrp(1)