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getgroups (2)
NAME
getgroups, setgroups - get/set list of supplementary group IDs
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int getgroups(int size, gid_t list[]);
#include <grp.h>
int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);
DESCRIPTION
getgroups
Up to size supplementary group IDs are returned in list. It is
unspecified whether the effective group ID of the calling pro-
cess is included in the returned list. (Thus, an application
should also call getegid(2) and add or remove the resulting
value.) If size is zero, list is not modified, but the total
number of supplementary group IDs for the process is returned.
setgroups
Sets the supplementary group IDs for the process. Only the
super-user may use this function.
RETURN VALUE
getgroups
On success, the number of supplementary group IDs 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, size is greater than NGROUPS (32 for Linux
2.0.32). For getgroups, size is less than the number of supple-
mentary group IDs, but is not zero.
NOTES
A process can have up to at least NGROUPS_MAX supplementary group IDs
in addition to the effective group ID. The set of supplementary group
IDs is inherited from the parent process and may be changed using set-
groups. The maximum number of supplementary group IDs can be found
using sysconf(3):
long ngroups_max;
ngroups_max = sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX);
The maximal return value of getgroups cannot be larger than one more
than the value obtained this way.
SEE ALSO
initgroups(3), getgid(2), setgid(2)
Linux 2.0.32 1997-12-10 getgroups(2)