I tried this workaround, but it does not work correctly. [hupp@quark hupp]0$ groups hupp hupp : upluser oldcoord cgi hsp2 pbs cold cvsusers friend [hupp@quark hupp]0$ getent group friend friend:x:10054:ftp It looks like breaking up the groups line will only give you the first entry. groups(1) must be doing something different since it works fine. -Adam