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| <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>newgrp</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><link rel="home" href="cygwin-ug-net.html" title="Cygwin User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="using-utils.html" title="Cygwin Utilities"><link rel="prev" href="mount.html" title="mount"><link rel="next" href="passwd.html" title="passwd"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">newgrp</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mount.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Cygwin Utilities</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="passwd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="newgrp"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>newgrp — change primary group for a command</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">newgrp</code> [-] [<em class="replaceable"><code>group</code></em>] [<em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em> |
| [<em class="replaceable"><code>args</code></em>...] |
| ]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="newgrp-desc"></a><h2>Description</h2><p><span class="command"><strong>newgrp</strong></span> changes the primary group for a |
| command.</p><p>If the <code class="option">-</code> flag is given as first argument, the |
| user's environment will be reinitialized as though the user had logged |
| in, otherwise the current environment, including current working |
| directory, remains unchanged.</p><p><span class="command"><strong>newgrp</strong></span> changes the current primary group to the |
| named group, or to the default group listed in /etc/passwd if no group |
| name is given.</p><p>By default, the user's standard shell is started, called as login |
| shell if the <code class="option">-</code> flag has been specified. If a group |
| has been given as argument, a command and its arguments can be |
| specified on the command line.</p><p>The new primary group must be either the old primary group, or |
| it must be part of the supplementary group list. Setting the primary |
| group to an arbitrary group is not allowed in Windows.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="newgrp-seealso"></a><h2>See also</h2><p><span class="command"><strong>id</strong></span>(1), <span class="command"><strong>login</strong></span>(1).</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mount.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="using-utils.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="passwd.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">mount </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="cygwin-ug-net.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> passwd</td></tr></table></div></body></html> |
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