setgid(2) [osf1 man page]

setgid(2)							System Calls Manual							 setgid(2)

NAME

       setgid - Sets the group ID

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int setgid (
	       gid_t group_id );

       Application  developers	may  want  to  specify an #include statement for <sys/types.h> before the one for <unistd.h> if programs are being
       developed for multiple platforms. The additional #include statement is not required on Tru64 UNIX systems or by ISO  or	X/Open	standards,
       but may be required on other vendors' systems that conform to these standards.

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       setgid():  POSIX.1, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Specifies the new group ID.

DESCRIPTION

       The setgid() function sets the real group ID, effective group ID, and the saved set group ID to the value specified by the group_id parame-
       ter.

       If the process does not have superuser privilege, but the group_id parameter is equal to the real group ID or the saved set group  ID,  the
       setgid() function sets the effective group ID to group_id.  The real group ID and saved set group ID remain unchanged.

       Any supplementary group IDs of the calling process remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon  successful  completion,  the  setgid()  function returns 0 (zero).  Otherwise, the function returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the
       error.

ERRORS

       The setgid() function sets errno to the specified values for the following conditions: The value of the group_id parameter is invalid.  The
       process does not have superuser privilege and the group_id parameter does not match the real group ID or the saved set group ID.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: exec(2), getgid(2), setuid(2)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

																	 setgid(2)

setuid(2)							   System Calls 							 setuid(2)

NAME

       setuid, setegid, seteuid, setgid - set user and group IDs

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       int setuid(uid_t uid);

       int setgid(gid_t gid);

       int seteuid(uid_t euid);

       int setegid(gid_t egid);

DESCRIPTION

       The  setuid()  function	sets the real user ID, effective user ID, and saved user ID of the calling process. The setgid() function sets the
       real group ID, effective group ID, and saved group ID of the calling process. The setegid() and seteuid() functions set the effective group
       and user IDs respectively for the calling process. See intro(2) for more information on real, effective, and saved user and group IDs.

       At  login time, the real user ID, effective user ID, and saved user ID of the login process are set to the login ID of the user responsible
       for the creation of the process. The same is true for the real, effective, and saved group IDs; they are set to the group ID  of  the  user
       responsible for the creation of the process.

       When  a process calls one of the exec(2) family of functions to execute a file (program), the user and/or group identifiers associated with
       the process can change. If the file executed is a set-user-ID file, the effective and saved user IDs of the process are set to the owner of
       the  file  executed.  If the file executed is a set-group-ID file, the effective and saved group IDs of the process are set to the group of
       the file executed. If the file executed is not a set-user-ID or set-group-ID file, the effective user ID, saved user  ID,  effective  group
       ID, and saved group ID are not changed.

       If  the	{PRIV_PROC_SETID}  privilege is asserted in the effective set of the process calling setuid(), the real, effective, and saved user
       IDs are set to the uid argument.  If the uid argument is 0 and none of the saved, effective or  real  UID  is  0,  additional  restrictions
       apply. See privileges(5).

       If  the	{PRIV_PROC_SETID}  privilege  is not asserted in the effective set, but uid is either the real user ID or the saved user ID of the
       calling process, the effective user ID is set to uid.

       If the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is asserted in the effective set of the process calling setgid(), the real, effective, and  saved  group
       IDs are set to the gid argument.

       If  the	{PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set, but gid is either the real group ID or the saved group ID of the
       calling process, the effective group ID is set to gid.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The setuid() and setgid() functions will fail if:

       EINVAL	       The value of uid or gid is out of range.

       EPERM	       For setuid() and seteuid(), the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process and
		       the uid argument does not match either the real or saved user IDs, or an attempt is made to change to UID 0 and none of the
		       existing UIDs is 0, in which case additional privileges are required.

		       For setgid() and setegid(), the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set and the gid argument  does
		       not match either the real or saved group IDs.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Async-Signal-Safe 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       intro(2), exec(2), getgroups(2), getuid(2), stat.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), privileges(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    20 Jan 2003 							 setuid(2)