Name

checkgid

Synopsis

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

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