checkgid

checkgid

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 checkgid   group_name   ... 

Description

Checks for the existence of the specified groups. If all groups exist, the return value is 0 and nothing is printed. If any groups do not exist, the return value is 255 and the following is printed to standard error for each nonexistent group_name :

 checkgid: group '   group_name   ' not found 

checkgid should be run with superuser privileges.

This tool is part of the Apache distribution.

Options/Usage

group_name

Takes a list of group names as arguments. It should also be able to take numeric group IDs as # groupID , but checkgid always returns successful for arguments of that form.

Location

/usr/bin