GETGROUPS

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 23 July 1993
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NAME

getgroups, setgroups - get/set group access list  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int getgroups(int size, gid_t list[]);

#define __USE_BSD
#include <grp.h>

int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);  

DESCRIPTION

getgroups
Up to size supplemental groups are returned in list. If size is zero, list is not modified, but the total number of supplemental groups for the process is returned.
setgroups
Sets the supplemental groups for the process. Only the super-user may use this function.
 

RETURN VALUE

getgroups
On success, the number of groups stored in list is returned (if size is zero, however, the number of supplemental group IDs associated with the process is returned). On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
setgroups
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
 

ERRORS

EFAULT
list has an invalid address.
EPERM
For setgroups, the user is not the super-user.
EINVAL
For setgroups, gidsetsize is greater than NGROUPS (32 for Linux 0.99.11).
 

CONFORMING TO

getgroups conforms to POSIX.1 (and is present in BSD 4.3). Since setgroups requires privilege, it is not covered under POSIX.1.  

BUGS

The __USE_BSD flag probably shouldn't be required for setgroups.  

SEE ALSO

initgroups(3),


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
BUGS
SEE ALSO

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