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lid

Display a user's groups or a group's users

TLDR

List groups for a user
$ sudo lid [username]
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List users in a group
$ sudo lid -g [groupname]
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List groups for the current user
$ sudo lid
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SYNOPSIS

lid [options] [name]

DESCRIPTION

lid displays a user's groups or a group's users. It reads from the system's user and group databases to show membership information. Without arguments, it shows groups for the current user.

PARAMETERS

-g, --group

Treat the argument as a group name and list its members
name
User or group name to query (user by default)

CAVEATS

Requires root privileges to access all group membership information. Part of the libuser library tools for user and group account management.

SEE ALSO

groups(1), id(1), getent(1), gpasswd(1), groupmems(1)

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