grp
This module provides access to the Unix group database. It is available on all Unix versions.
Group database entries are reported as 4-tuples containing the
following items from the group database (see `<grp.h>
'), in order:
gr_name
,
gr_passwd
,
gr_gid
,
gr_mem
.
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.)
A KeyError
exception is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.
It defines the following items: