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Title: grp — The group database — Python 3.13.18 documentation Authors: Venue: pydoc Year: 2001 Canonical: pydoc:grp@3.13 URL: https://docs.python.org/3.13/library/grp.html Collector: pydoc OA: true ABSTRACT grp — The group database — Python 3.13.18 documentation Navigation index modules | next | previous | Python » 3.13.18 Documentation » The Python standard library » Unix-specific services » grp — The group database | Theme Auto Light Dark | grp — The group database¶ This module provides access to the Unix group database. It is available on all Unix versions. Availability: Unix, not WASI, not Android, not iOS. Group database entries are reported as a tuple-like object, whose attributes correspond to the members of the group structure (Attribute field below, see ): Index Attribute Meaning 0 gr_name the name of the group 1 gr_passwd the (encrypted) group password; often empty 2 gr_gid the numerical group ID 3 gr_mem all the group member’s user names The gid is an integer, name and password are strings, and the member list is a list of strings. (Note that most users are not explicitly listed as members of the group they are in according to the password database. Check both databases to get complete membership information. Also note that a gr_name that starts with a + or - is likely to be a YP/NIS reference and may not be accessible via getgrnam() or getgrgid().) It defines the following items: grp.getgrgid(id)¶ Return the group database entry for the given numeric group ID. KeyError is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found. Changed in version 3.10: TypeError is raised for non-integer arguments like floats or strings. grp.getgrnam(name)¶ Return the group database entry for the given group name. KeyError is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found. grp.getgrall()¶ Return a list of all available group entries, in arbitrary order. See also Module pwdAn interface to the user database, similar to this. Previous topic pwd — The password database Next topic termios — POSIX style tty control This page Report a bug Show source « Navigation index modules | next | previous | Python » 3.13.18 Documentation » The Python standard library » Unix-specific services » grp — The group database | Theme Auto Light Dark | © Copyright 2001-2026, Python Software Foundation. This page is licensed under the Python Software Foundation License Version 2. Examples, recipes, and other code in the documentation are additionally licensed under the Zero Clause BSD License. See History and License for more information. The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. Please donate. Last updated on Oct 26, 2026 (13:10 UTC). Found a bug? Created using Sphinx 8.2.3.