On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:20:32PM +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> How can I use password in /etc/group?
> If I can't, why man groups keep silence about it?
> 
Probably because no-one uses them :)
What purpose do they serve ?
A System Manager can put the users in the appropriate groups
for their work.
I have never seen them used on any Unix system I have worked on,
and I seem to recall from some ancient documentation that they
are more trouble than they are worth.

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

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