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How To List Groups In LinuxThis tutorial explains how to show all groups a user is a member of. We will also explain how to list all members of a group. Linux GroupsThere are two types of groups that a user can belong to:Primary or login group – is the group that is assigned to the files that are created by the user. Usually, the name of the primary group is the same as the name of the user. Each user must belong to exactly one primary group.Secondary or supplementary group - used to grant certain privileges to a set of users. A user can be a member of zero or more secondary groups. List all Groups a User is a Member ofThere are multiple ways to find out the groups a user belongs to.The primary user’s group is stored in the /etc/passwd file and the supplementary groups, if any, are listed in the /etc/group file.One way to find the user’s groups is to list the contents of those files using cat , less or grep . Another easier option is to use a command whose purpose is to provide information about the system’s users and groups. Using the groups commandThe most memorable command to list all groups a user is a member of is the groups command. When executed without an argument the command will print a list of all groups the currently logged in user belongs to:groupsThe first group is the primary group.john adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashareTo get a list of all groups a specific user belongs to, provide the username to the groups command as an argument:groups nexonhostSame as before the first group is the primary group.nexonhost : nexonhost sudo Using the id commandThe id command prints information about the specified user and its groups. If the username is omitted it shows information for the current user.For example to get information about the user nexonhost you would type:id nexonhostThe command will show the user ID (uid), the user’s primary group (gid), and the user’s secondary groups (groups)uid1001(nexonhost) gid1001(nexonhost) groups1001(nexonhost),27(sudo)To print only the names instead of the numbers use the -n option. Option -g will print only the primary group and -G all groups.The following command will print the names of the groups the current user is a member of:id -nGjohn adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare List All Members of a GroupTo list all members of a group, use the getent group command followed by the group name.For example, to find out the members of a group with the name developers you would use the following command:getent group developersIf the group exists the command will print the group and all its members:developers:x:126:daniel, jhonIf there is no output that means the group doesn’t exist. List All GroupsTo view all groups present on the system simply open the /etc/group file. Each line in this file represents information for one group.less /etc/groupAnother option is to use the getent command which displays entries from databases configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf file including the group database which we can use to query a list of all groups.To get a list of all groups, type the following command:getent groupThe output is the same as when displaying the content of the /etc/group file. If you are using LDAP for user authentication the getent will display all groups from both /etc/group file and LDAP database.You can also use awk or cut to print only the first field containing the name of the group:getent group | awk -F: '{ print $1}'getent group | cut -d: -f1 ConclusionIn this tutorial, you learned how to find the groups a user is a member of. The same commands apply for any Linux distribution, including Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Debian and Linux Mint.

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