initgroups man page on Ultrix

initgroups man page on Ultrix

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initgroups(3x)							initgroups(3x)

Name
       initgroups - initialize group access list

Syntax
       initgroups(name, basegid)
       char *name;
       int basegid;

Description
       The  subroutine	reads  through	the  group file and sets up, using the
       call, the group access list  for	 the  user  specified  in  name.   The
       basegid	is  automatically included in the groups list.	Typically this
       value is given as the group number from the password file.

Restrictions
       The subroutine uses the routines based on If the invoking program  uses
       any  of	these routines, the group structure will be overwritten in the
       call to

Return Values
       The returns -1 if it was not invoked by the superuser.

Files
       /etc/group

See Also
       setgroups(2)

								initgroups(3x)

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