How To View Groups In Linux?
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To view the groups in Linux, you can use the command ‘groups’. This command will list the groups that the current user is a member of. You can also use the command ‘id’ to view the user ID and the groups associated with it. To view all groups available in the system, you can use the command ‘cat /etc/group’.
1. To view the current groups in Linux, open a terminal window and type:
$ groups
This will display a list of groups to which your user belongs.
2. To display all groups on the system, open a terminal window and type:
$ cut –d: –f1 /etc/group
This will show a list of all the group names available on the Linux system.
3. If you would like more information about a particular group, use the getent command. For example, to view information about the “sudo” group, type:
$ getent group sudo
This will display the group name, group ID (GID), list of members, and other information related to the “sudo” group.