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.TH getgroups 2 "8 Sep 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "System Calls"
.SH NAME
getgroups, setgroups \- get or set supplementary group access list IDs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <unistd.h>

\fBint\fR \fBgetgroups\fR(\fBint\fR \fIgidsetsize\fR, \fBgid_t *\fR\fIgrouplist\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBsetgroups\fR(\fBint\fR \fIngroups\fR, \fBconst gid_t *\fR\fIgrouplist\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBgetgroups()\fR function gets the current supplemental group access list
of the calling process and stores the result in the array of group IDs
specified by \fIgrouplist\fR. This array has \fIgidsetsize\fR entries and must
be large enough to contain the entire list. This list cannot be larger than
\fBNGROUPS_UMAX\fR. If \fIgidsetsize\fR equals 0, \fBgetgroups()\fR will return
the number of groups to which the calling process belongs without modifying the
array pointed to by \fIgrouplist\fR.
.sp
.LP
The \fBsetgroups()\fR function sets the supplementary group access list of the
calling process from the array of group IDs specified by \fIgrouplist\fR. The
number of entries is specified by \fIngroups\fR and can not be greater than
\fBNGROUPS_MAX\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBgetgroups()\fR returns the number of
supplementary group IDs set for the calling process and \fBsetgroups()\fR
returns \fB0\fR. Otherwise, \fB\(mi1\fR is returned and \fBerrno\fR is set to
indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
The \fBgetgroups()\fR and \fBsetgroups()\fR functions will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
A referenced part of the array pointed to by \fIgrouplist\fR is an illegal
address.
.RE

.sp
.LP
The \fBgetgroups()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The value of \fIgidsetsize\fR is non-zero and less than the number of
supplementary group IDs set for the calling process.
.RE

.sp
.LP
The \fBsetgroups()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The value of \fIngroups\fR is greater than {\fBNGROUPS_MAX\fR}.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEPERM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
The {\fBPRIV_PROC_SETID\fR} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of
the calling process.
.RE

.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
Use of the \fBsetgroups()\fR function requires the {\fBPRIV_PROC_SETID\fR}
privilege.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability\fBgetgroups()\fR is Standard.
_
MT-LevelAsync-Signal-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBgroups\fR(1), \fBchown\fR(2), \fBgetuid\fR(2), \fBsetuid\fR(2),
\fBgetgrnam\fR(3C), \fBinitgroups\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5),
\fBprivileges\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)