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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 grouplist.
       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  supple‐
       mentary	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}	privi‐
       lege.

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),	 init‐
       groups(3C), attributes(5), privileges(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10			  8 Sep 2006			  getgroups(2)
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