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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
tree | ece253b876159b39c620e62b6c9b1174642e070e /lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 |
initial import of NetBSD tree
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1547f702787 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: setgroups.2,v 1.7 1995/02/27 12:36:49 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)setgroups.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94 +.\" +.Dd April 16, 1994 +.Dt SETGROUPS 2 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm setgroups +.Nd set group access list +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/param.h> +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft int +.Fn setgroups "int ngroups" "const gid_t *gidset" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn Setgroups +sets the group access list of the current user process +according to the array +.Fa gidset . +The parameter +.Fa ngroups +indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no +more than +.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX} . +.Pp +Only the super-user may set new groups. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +A 0 value is returned on success, -1 on error, with +an error code stored in +.Va errno . +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn setgroups +call will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value of +.Fa ngroups +is greater than +.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX} . +.It Bq Er EPERM +The caller is not the super-user. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The address specified for +.Fa gidset +is outside the process +address space. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getgroups 2 , +.Xr initgroups 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn setgroups +function call appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |