diff --git a/docs/books/admin_guide/06-users.md b/docs/books/admin_guide/06-users.md index ac09e11cc1..d2a7a51b85 100644 --- a/docs/books/admin_guide/06-users.md +++ b/docs/books/admin_guide/06-users.md @@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ GroupP:x:516:patrick ``` * 1: Name of the group. -* 2: Password (`x` if defined in `/etc/gshadow`). +* 2: The group password is identified by `x`. The group password is stored in `/etc/gshadow`. * 3: GID. -* 4: Guest members (separated by commas, does not contain core members). +* 4: Supplementary users in the group (excluding the unique primary user). !!! Note - Each line in the `/etc/group` file corresponds to a group. Users whose group is their primary group are not listed at this level. This membership information is in fact already provided by the `/etc/passwd` file... + Each line in the `/etc/group` file corresponds to a group. The primary user info is stored in `/etc/passwd`. ### `/etc/gshadow` file