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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)initgroups.3        6.2 (Berkeley) 5/12/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH INITGROUPS 3 "May 12, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: initgroups \- initialize group access list
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B initgroups(name, basegid)
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B char *name;
        !            15: .br
        !            16: .B int basegid;
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Initgroups
        !            19: reads through the group file and sets up,
        !            20: using the
        !            21: .IR setgroups (2)
        !            22: call, the group access list for the user
        !            23: specified in
        !            24: .IR name .
        !            25: The
        !            26: .I basegid
        !            27: is automatically included in the groups list.
        !            28: Typically this value is given as
        !            29: the group number from the password file.
        !            30: .SH FILES
        !            31: /etc/group
        !            32: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            33: setgroups(2)
        !            34: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            35: .I Initgroups
        !            36: returns \-1 if it was not invoked by the super-user.
        !            37: .SH BUGS
        !            38: .I Initgroups
        !            39: uses the routines based on
        !            40: .IR getgrent (3).
        !            41: If the invoking program uses any of these routines,
        !            42: the group structure will
        !            43: be overwritten in the call to
        !            44: .IR initgroups .

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