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)