User-Level Group Management

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This is the main index to a CSE-written software suite called GrpAdmin. It allows user-level management of group memberships. The software is intended to make group maintenance less burdensome on technical staff while improving user satisfaction.

Overview

An explanation of why GrpAdmin was developed along with the rules of the game.

User's Guide

A User's Guide to Unix Group Management
Describes GrpAdmin from the user's point of view: what it does and how to use it. (Postscript Version)

Installation and Operations Manual

GrpAdmin Software Installation and Operations Manual
Overview of GrpAdmin software organization, installation process and maintenance procedures. (Postscript Version)

Manual Pages

grpadmin
Command line interface to group management. This document contains a description of group administration operation semantics and should be read even if you do not plan on using the grpadmin CLI.
xgrpadmin
X-Windows interface to group management.
chgrpsh
Unix program allowing access to extended number of group memberships.

Technical Papers

A Framework For User-Level Management of Unix Group Membership
A more detailed discussion of why GrpAdmin was written and description of the implementation. (Postscript Version)

Web Interface

Having read all the documentation, it's for sure you can't wait to start doing all the groupy things that you want to do. Start here.

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