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LPI certification 101 exam prep, Part 3
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3. The Linux permissions model
  


What groups am I in? page 5 of 23


To see what groups you belong to, use the group command:


$ groups
drobbins wheel audio

In the above example, I'm a member of the drobbins, wheel and audio groups. If you want to see what groups other user(s) are in, specify their usernames as arguments:


$ groups root daemon 
root : root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel floppy dialout tape video
daemon : daemon bin adm

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