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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 7f398d2d | 5 | .\" @(#)setgroups.2 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 349834c5 | 6 | .\" |
| 10d611fe | 7 | .TH SETGROUPS 2 "" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | setgroups \- set group access list | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .nf | |
| 13 | .ft B | |
| 14 | #include <sys/param.h> | |
| 15 | .PP | |
| 16 | .ft B | |
| 17 | setgroups(ngroups, gidset) | |
| 18 | int ngroups, *gidset; | |
| 19 | .fi | |
| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 21 | .I Setgroups | |
| 22 | sets the group access list of the current user process | |
| 23 | according to the array | |
| 24 | .IR gidset . | |
| 25 | The parameter | |
| 26 | .I ngroups | |
| 27 | indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no | |
| 34517f62 | 28 | more than NGROUPS, as defined in |
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29 | .RI < sys/param.h >. |
| 30 | .PP | |
| 31 | Only the super-user may set new groups. | |
| 32 | .SH "RETURN VALUE | |
| 33 | A 0 value is returned on success, \-1 on error, with | |
| 34 | a error code stored in \fIerrno\fP. | |
| 35 | .SH "ERRORS | |
| 36 | The \fIsetgroups\fP call will fail if: | |
| 37 | .TP 15 | |
| 38 | [EPERM] | |
| 39 | The caller is not the super-user. | |
| 40 | .TP 15 | |
| 41 | [EFAULT] | |
| 42 | The address specified for \fIgidset\fP is outside the process | |
| 43 | address space. | |
| 44 | .SH "SEE ALSO | |
| 45 | getgroups(2), initgroups(3X) | |
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46 | .SH BUGS |
| 47 | The | |
| 48 | .I gidset | |
| 49 | array should be of type | |
| 50 | .BR gid_t , | |
| 51 | but remains integer for compatibility with earlier systems. |