.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\" @(#)setgroups.2 6.6 (Berkeley) %G%
setgroups \- set group access list
setgroups(ngroups, gidset)
sets the group access list of the current user process
indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
more than NGROUPS, as defined in
Only the super-user may set new groups.
A 0 value is returned on success, \-1 on error, with
a error code stored in \fIerrno\fP.
The \fIsetgroups\fP call will fail if:
The caller is not the super-user.
The address specified for \fIgidset\fP is outside the process
getgroups(2), initgroups(3)
but remains integer for compatibility with earlier systems.