SG
Updated: 06/24/2006
NAME
sg - execute command as different group ID
SYNOPSIS
-
sg [-] [group [-c ] command]
DESCRIPTION
The
sg
command works similar to
newgrp
but accepts a command. The command will be executed with the
/bin/sh
shell. With most shells you may run
sg
from, you need to enclose multi-word commands in quotes. Another difference between
newgrp
and
sg
is that some shells treat
newgrp
specially, replacing themselves with a new instance of a shell that
newgrp
creates. This doesn't happen with
sg, so upon exit from a
sg
command you are returned to your previous group ID.
FILES
- /etc/passwd
-
User account information.
- /etc/shadow
-
Secure user account information.
- /etc/group
-
Group account information.
- /etc/gshadow
-
Secure group account information.
SEE ALSO
id(1),
login(1),
newgrp(1),
su(1),
gpasswd(1),
group(5),
gshadow(5)
