<s>
Group	O
is	O
a	O
name	B-Protocol
service	I-Protocol
database	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
group	O
information	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sources	O
for	O
the	O
group	O
database	O
(	O
and	O
hence	O
the	O
sources	O
for	O
groups	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
)	O
are	O
configured	O
,	O
like	O
other	O
name	B-Protocol
service	I-Protocol
databases	O
,	O
in	O
nsswitch.conf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
getent	B-Device
command	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
fetch	O
group	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
