I asked:
> Is there a program that runs a given command with the identity changed
> to a given group id? Like 'sudo' does for the uid, but for the gid instead.
> Does such a program exist?

Yes. 'newgrp' and 'sg'. newgrp is even specified by POSIX:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/newgrp.html

> I'd suggest that such a program gets added to coreutils.

'newgrp' and 'sg' already exist in pwdutils.

Sorry for the noise.

Bruno


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