setgroups(2) [osf1 man page]
setgroups(2) System Calls Manual setgroups(2) NAME
setgroups - Sets the group access list SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> #include <sys/types.h> int setgroups ( int gidsetsize, gid_t grouplist[] ); PARAMETERS
Indicates the number of entries in the array pointed to by the grouplist parameter. Must not be more than NGROUPS_MAX, as defined in the limits.h header file. Points to the array that contains the group access list of the current user process. Element grouplist[0] becomes the new effective group ID. DESCRIPTION
The setgroups() function sets the group access list of the current user process according to the array pointed to by the grouplist parame- ter. This function fails unless the invoking process has superuser privilege. NOTES
Trial use RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned. If the setgroups() function fails, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
If the setgroups() function fails, errno may be set to one of the following values: The caller does not have the appropriate system privi- lege. The value of the gidsetsize parameter is greater than NGROUPS_MAX or an entry in the grouplist parameter is not a valid group ID. The grouplist parameter points outside of the allocated address space of the process. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: getgroups(2), initgroups(3) delim off setgroups(2)
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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)