Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:57:37 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Cc: Felix Johnson <fjohnson@felix-johnson.com> Subject: git: 86dc5dd0b2a8 - main - newgrp.1: Provide examples Message-ID: <69a0ec01.46367.9c02401@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=86dc5dd0b2a861cf9d8cad18fc17c17dbbfc4465 commit 86dc5dd0b2a861cf9d8cad18fc17c17dbbfc4465 Author: Felix Johnson <fjohnson@felix-johnson.com> AuthorDate: 2026-02-27 00:45:03 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-02-27 00:57:20 +0000 newgrp.1: Provide examples "These examples appear to be originally noted thirteen years ago by Mark Saad, contributed by eadler, put into a patch by Felix Johnson, and made into mdoc by myself. Finally, put this bug to rest." ~ziaee PR: 167742 Co-authored-by: eadler, ziaee, Mark Saad Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48877 --- usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 b/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 index d9701feef0d7..032aeb72616d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 +++ b/usr.bin/newgrp/newgrp.1 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd February 8, 2013 +.Dd February 6, 2025 .Dt NEWGRP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ exits >0. Otherwise, the exit status of .Nm is the exit status of the shell. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Create a new group, +.Ar foo , +with +.Xr pw 8 : +.Pp +.Dl pw group add foo +.Pp +Set the group password: +.Pp +.Dl pw group mod foo -h 0 +.Pp +As a non-root user, switch to the group: +.Pp +.Dl newgrp foo .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr groups 1 ,home | help
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