NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     setgroups -- set group access list

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <unistd.h>

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The setgroups() system call sets the group access list of the current
     user process according to the array gidset.  The ngroups argument indicates
 the number of entries in the array and must be no more than
     NGROUPS, as defined in <sys/param.h>.

     Only the super-user may set new groups.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The setgroups() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The setgroups() system call will fail if:

     [EPERM]		The caller is not the super-user.

     [EINVAL]		The number specified in the ngroups argument is larger
			than the NGROUPS limit.

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     getgroups(2), initgroups(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The setgroups() system call appeared in 4.2BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			April 16, 1994			 FreeBSD 5.2.1