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35 .Nd check the syntax of the group file
43 scans the given file or, failing that, the system-wide group file for
45 Specifically, it checks that every non-blank, non-comment
46 entry is composed of four colon-separated fields, that none of them
47 contains whitespace, and that the third field (the group ID) is
50 .Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
60 will print an error message containing the name of the file being
61 scanned and the line number on which the error was found.
69 if errors were found in the group file,
81 utility and this manual page were written by
82 .An Dag-Erling Co\(:idan Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
84 Should check fields more thoroughly for allowed/disallowed
85 characters, and the range of the group ID.