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getgroups(2)							   System Calls 						      getgroups(2)

NAME
getgroups, setgroups - get or set supplementary group access list IDs SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int getgroups(int gidsetsize, gid_t *grouplist); int setgroups(int ngroups, const gid_t *grouplist); DESCRIPTION
The getgroups() function gets the current supplemental group access list of the calling process and stores the result in the array of group IDs specified by grouplist. This array has gidsetsize entries and must be large enough to contain the entire list. This list cannot be larger than NGROUPS_UMAX. If gidsetsize equals 0, getgroups() will return the number of groups to which the calling process belongs without modifying the array pointed to by grouplist. The setgroups() function sets the supplementary group access list of the calling process from the array of group IDs specified by grou- plist. The number of entries is specified by ngroups and can not be greater than NGROUPS_MAX. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, getgroups() returns the number of supplementary group IDs set for the calling process and setgroups() returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The getgroups() and setgroups() functions will fail if: EFAULT A referenced part of the array pointed to by grouplist is an illegal address. The getgroups() function will fail if: EINVAL The value of gidsetsize is non-zero and less than the number of supplementary group IDs set for the calling process. The setgroups() function will fail if: EINVAL The value of ngroups is greater than {NGROUPS_MAX}. EPERM The {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process. USAGE
Use of the setgroups() function requires the {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |getgroups() is Standard. | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
groups(1), chown(2), getuid(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(3C), initgroups(3C), attributes(5), privileges(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 8 Sep 2006 getgroups(2)

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GETGROUPS(P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						      GETGROUPS(P)

NAME
getgroups - get supplementary group IDs SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int getgroups(int gidsetsize, gid_t grouplist[]); DESCRIPTION
The getgroups() function shall fill in the array grouplist with the current supplementary group IDs of the calling process. It is implemen- tation-defined whether getgroups() also returns the effective group ID in the grouplist array. The gidsetsize argument specifies the number of elements in the array grouplist. The actual number of group IDs stored in the array shall be returned. The values of array entries with indices greater than or equal to the value returned are undefined. If gidsetsize is 0, getgroups() shall return the number of group IDs that it would otherwise return without modifying the array pointed to by grouplist. If the effective group ID of the process is returned with the supplementary group IDs, the value returned shall always be greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to the value of {NGROUPS_MAX}+1. RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, the number of supplementary group IDs shall be returned. A return value of -1 indicates failure and errno shall be set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The getgroups() function shall fail if: EINVAL The gidsetsize argument is non-zero and less than the number of group IDs that would have been returned. The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES
Getting the Supplementary Group IDs of the Calling Process The following example places the current supplementary group IDs of the calling process into the group array. #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> ... gid_t *group; int nogroups; long ngroups_max; ngroups_max = sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) + 1; group = (gid_t *)malloc(ngroups_max *sizeof(gid_t)); ngroups = getgroups(ngroups_max, group); APPLICATION USAGE
None. RATIONALE
The related function setgroups() is a privileged operation and therefore is not covered by this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. As implied by the definition of supplementary groups, the effective group ID may appear in the array returned by getgroups() or it may be returned only by getegid(). Duplication may exist, but the application needs to call getegid() to be sure of getting all of the informa- tion. Various implementation variations and administrative sequences cause the set of groups appearing in the result of getgroups() to vary in order and as to whether the effective group ID is included, even when the set of groups is the same (in the mathematical sense of "set"). (The history of a process and its parents could affect the details of the result.) Application writers should note that {NGROUPS_MAX} is not necessarily a constant on all implementations. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
getegid() , setgid() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/types.h>, <unistd.h> COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . IEEE
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