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Improve groups and id manpages 

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
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Markus Hiereth 2022-03-06 17:59:41 -06:00 committed by Serge Hallyn
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man/groups.1.xml
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The <command>groups</command> command displays the current group names
or ID values. If the value does not have a corresponding entry in
<filename>/etc/group</filename>, the value will be displayed as the
numerical group value. The optional <emphasis
remap='I'>user</emphasis> parameter will display the groups for the
named <emphasis remap='I'>user</emphasis>.
numerical group value. The optional <replaceable>user</replaceable>
parameter will display the groups for the named user.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='note'>
<title>NOTE</title>
<para>
Systems which do not support concurrent group sets will have the
Systems which do not support supplementary groups (see <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>initgroups</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>) will have the
information from <filename>/etc/group</filename> reported. The user
must use <command>newgrp</command> or <command>sg</command> to change
his current real and effective group ID.
@ -98,6 +99,9 @@
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>getuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>initgroups</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>

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man/id.1.xml
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@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
have a corresponding entry in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
<filename>/etc/group</filename>, the value will be displayed without
the corresponding name. The optional <option>-a</option> flag will
display the group set on systems which support multiple concurrent
group membership.
display the group set on systems which support supplementary groups
(see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>initgroups</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
</para>
</refsect1>
@ -89,6 +90,9 @@
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>getuid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>initgroups</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>