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This section describes how to search and scan the database of registered groups. The database itself is kept in the file /etc/group on most systems, but on some systems a special network service provides access to it.
| • Group Data Structure: | What each group record contains. | |
| • Lookup Group: | How to look for a particular group. | |
| • Scanning All Groups: | Scanning the list of all groups. |