newgrp1
Change to a new group
Usage
newgrp [-l]
[group]
Overview
The newgrp utility creates a new shell execution environment with modified real and effective group IDs.
The options are as follows:
-
-l -
Simulate a full login. The environment and umask are set to what would be expected if the user actually logged in again.
If the group operand is present, a new shell is started with the specified effective and real group IDs. The user will be prompted for a password if they are not a member of the specified group.
Otherwise, the real, effective and supplementary group IDs are restored to those from the current user's password database entry.
Exit status
The newgrp utility attempts to start the shell regardless of whether group IDs were successfully changed.
If an error occurs and the shell cannot be started, newgrp exits >0. Otherwise, the exit status of newgrp is the exit status of the shell.
Examples
Create a new group, foo, with pw(8):
pw group add foo
Set the group password:
pw group mod foo -h 0
As a non-root user, switch to the group:
newgrp foo
Releases
56 releases since FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; the text changed 34 times.