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27.\" $FreeBSD$
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29.Dd May 5, 1998
30.Dt CHKGRP 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm chkgrp
34.Nd check the syntax of the group file
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm chkgrp
37.Op Ar groupfile
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39.Nm Chkgrp
40scans the given file or, failing that, the system-wide group file for
41errors. Specifically, it checks that every non-blank, non-comment
42entry is composed of four colon-separated fields, that none of them
43contains whitespace, and that the third field (the group ID) is
44numeric.
45.Sh FILES
46.Bl -tag -width /dev/null -compact
47.It Pa /etc/group
48.El
49.Sh SEE ALSO
50.Xr getgrent 3 ,
51.Xr group 5
52.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
53For each error found,
54.Nm
55will print an error message containing the name of the file being
56scanned and the line number on which the error was found. Otherwise no
57output is produced.
58.Pp
59.Nm Chkgrp
60returns EX_DATAERR if errors were found in the group file, and EX_OK
61otherwise.
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Nm
65command appeared in
66.Fx 3.0
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.Nm Chkgrp
69and this manual page were written by
70.An Dag-Erling Co�dan Sm�rgav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
71.Sh BUGS
72Should check fields more thoroughly for allowed / disallowed
73characters, and the range of the group ID.
74