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initgroups(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					    initgroups(3C)

NAME
initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list SYNOPSIS
#include <grp.h> #include <sys/types.h> int initgroups(const char *name, gid_t basegid); DESCRIPTION
The initgroups() function reads the group database to get the group membership for the user specified by name, and initializes the supple- mentary group access list of the calling process (see getgrnam(3C) and getgroups(2)). The basegid group ID is also included in the supple- mentary group access list. This is typically the real group ID from the user database. While scanning the group database, if the number of groups, including the basegid entry, exceeds NGROUPS_MAX, subsequent group entries are ignored. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The initgroups() function will fail and not change the supplementary group access list if: EPERM The {PRIV_PROC_SETID} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of the calling process. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
getgroups(2), getgrnam(3C), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 22 Mar 2004 initgroups(3C)

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INITGROUPS(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						     INITGROUPS(3)

NAME
initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list SYNOPSIS
#include <grp.h> #include <sys/types.h> int initgroups(const char *user, gid_t group); DESCRIPTION
The initgroups() function initializes the group access list by reading the group database /etc/group and using all groups of which user is a member. The additional group group is also added to the list. RETURN VALUE
The initgroups() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurs. ERRORS
EPERM The calling process does not have sufficient privileges. ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure. FILES
/etc/group group database file CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3 NOTES
The prototype for initgroups is only available if _BSD_SOURCE is defined (either explicitly, or implicitly, by not defining _POSIX_SOURCE or compiling with the -ansi flag). SEE ALSO
getgroups(2), setgroups(2) GNU
1993-04-05 INITGROUPS(3)
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