hpux man page for setprivgrp

setprivgrp(1M)															    setprivgrp(1M)

NAME
       setprivgrp - set special privileges for groups

SYNOPSIS
       groupname [privileges]

       [privileges]

       [privileges]

       file

DESCRIPTION
       The  command associates a group with a list of privileges, thus providing access to certain system capabilities for members of a particular
       group or groups.  The privileges can be displayed with the command (see getprivgrp(1)).

       Privileges can be granted to individual groups, as defined in the file, and globally for all groups.

       Only a superuser can use the command.

   Options and Arguments
       recognizes the following options and arguments:

	      privileges     One or more of the keywords described below in

	      groupname      The name of a group defined in the file named The current privileges for groupname, if any, are replaced by the spec-
			     ified privileges.	To retain prior privileges, they must be respecified.

	      Specify global privileges that apply to all groups.
			     The  current  privileges,	if any, are replaced by the specified privileges, To retain prior privileges, they must be
			     respecified.

	      If no	     privileges are specified, delete all privileges for all groups, including global privileges.

			     If one or more privileges are specified, delete the specified privileges from the	current  privilege  lists  of  all
			     groups, including the global privilege list, but do not delete unspecified privileges.

	      Set the privileges according to entries in the file
			     file.  This file is usually The entry formats are described below in

   Privileged Capabilities
       The following system capabilities can be granted to groups:

	      Can use	     to change file ownerships (see chown(2)).

	      Can use	     to set locks on files that are open for reading only (see lockf(2)).

	      Can use	     to  lock  process	text  and data into memory, and the function to lock shared memory segments (see plock(2) and shm-
			     ctl(2)).

	      Can use	     to set real-time priorities (see rtprio(2)).

	      Can use	     and to set POSIX.4 real-time priorities (see rtsched(2)).

	      Can use	     to force the target process to run serially with other processes that are also marked by this system call (see  seri-
			     alize(2)).

	      Can use	     and to change, respectively, the real user ID and real group ID of a process (see setuid(2) and setgid(2)).

	      Allows certain administrative operations in the Process
			     Resource Manager (PRM) product.  See that product's documentation for more information.

	      Allows certain administrative operations in the Instant
			     Capacity (iCAP) product.  See that product's documentation for more information.

	      Can change system pset configuration (see
			     pset_create(2)).

	      Can use	     to change processor binding, locality domain binding or launch policy of a process (see mpctl(2)).

   Group Privileges File Format
       The file specified with the option should contain one or more lines in the following formats:

	      groupname [privileges]

	       [privileges]

	       [privileges]

       They are described above in "Options and Arguments".

RETURN VALUE
       exits with one of the following values:

	      Successful completion.
	      Failure.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

FILES
       SEE ALSO
	      getprivgrp(1),  chown(2),  getprivgrp(2),  lockf(2), plock(2), rtprio(2), rtsched(2), serialize(2), setgid(2), setuid(2), shmctl(2),
	      mpctl(2), pset_create(2), privgrp(4).

																    setprivgrp(1M)