setgroups man page on Ultrix

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setgroups(2)							  setgroups(2)

Name
       setgroups - set group access list

Syntax
       #include <sys/param.h>

       setgroups(ngroups, gidset)
       int ngroups, *gidset;

Description
       The  system call sets the group access list of the current user process
       according to the array, gidset.	The ngroups  parameter	indicates  the
       number  of  entries  in	the array and must be no more than NGROUPS, as
       defined in

       Only the superuser can set new groups.

Return Values
       A 0 value is returned on success, -1 on an error, with the  error  code
       stored in errno.

Diagnostics
       The call fails if:

       [EPERM]	      The caller is not the superuser.

       [EFAULT]	      The  address specified for gidset is outside the process
		      address space.

See Also
       getgroups(2), initgroups(3x)

								  setgroups(2)

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