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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
.Dt SETREGID 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm setregid
.Nd set real and effective group IDs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <unistd.h>
.Ft int
.Fn setregid "gid_t rgid" "gid_t egid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The real and effective group IDs of the current process
are set according to the arguments.
The saved group ID will be set to the new value of the real group
ID if a real group ID is specified and either
the new real group ID value is different from the current value
or the effective group ID is changed to a value other than the
current saved group ID.
.Pp
Unprivileged users may change either group ID to the current value
of the real, effective, or saved group ID.
Only the superuser may make other changes.
.Pp
Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective
group ID forces the system to substitute the current
ID in place of the -1 parameter.
.Pp
The
.Fn setregid
function was intended to allow swapping the real and
effective group IDs in set-group-ID programs to temporarily relinquish
the set-group-ID value.
This purpose is now better served by the use of the
.Fn setegid
function (see
.Xr setuid 2 ) .
.Pp
When setting the real and effective group IDs to the same value, the
.Fn setgid
function is preferred.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EPERM
The current process is not the superuser and a change
other than changing the effective group ID to the real group ID
was specified.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getgid 2 ,
.Xr setegid 2 ,
.Xr setgid 2 ,
.Xr setresgid 2 ,
.Xr setuid 2
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn setregid
function conforms to the
.St -p1003.1-2001
and
.St -xpg4.3 .
specifications.
.Pp
Note, however, that prior to
.St -p1003.1-2001 ,
the
.Fn setregid
function was not a part of the
.St -p1003.1
specification.
As a result, it may not be implemented on all systems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn setregid
function call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
A semantically different version appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .
The current version, with the original semantics restored, appeared in
.Ox 3.3 .
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Fn setregid
function predates
.Tn POSIX
saved group IDs.
This implementation changes the saved group ID to the new value of
the real group ID only if the real group ID is specified and either
changed
or the effective group ID is changed to a value other than the current
saved group ID.
Other implementations may behave differently.