Commands Reference, Volume 2

dispgid Command

Purpose

Displays a list of all valid group names.

Syntax

dispgid

Description

The dispgid command can be used to display a list of all group names on the system (one name per line). There are no parameters for this command. The following files are accessed in read-only mode to retrieve the data:

/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/security/user
/etc/security/limits
/etc/security/group
/etc/security/environ

Exit Status

0: The command completed successfully.
>0: An error occurred.

Examples

To list all the valid groups in the machine enter the dispgid command as follows:
```
dispgid
```
The output looks similar to the following:
```
system 
staff 
bin 
sys 
adm 
uucp 
mail 
security 
cron 
printq 
audit 
ecs 
nobody 
usr 
perf
```

Files

/usr/sbin/dispgid	Contains the dispgid command
/etc/group	Contains group information

Related Information

The dispuid command, lsgroup command