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        !            18: .\"    @(#)setgroups.2 6.6 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
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        !            20: .TH SETGROUPS 2 "June 23, 1990"
        !            21: .UC 5
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: setgroups \- set group access list
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .nf
        !            26: .ft B
        !            27: #include <sys/param.h>
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .ft B
        !            30: setgroups(ngroups, gidset)
        !            31: int ngroups, *gidset;
        !            32: .fi
        !            33: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            34: .I Setgroups
        !            35: sets the group access list of the current user process
        !            36: according to the array 
        !            37: .IR gidset .
        !            38: The parameter
        !            39: .I ngroups
        !            40: indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
        !            41: more than NGROUPS, as defined in
        !            42: .RI < sys/param.h >.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: Only the super-user may set new groups.
        !            45: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            46: A 0 value is returned on success, \-1 on error, with
        !            47: a error code stored in \fIerrno\fP.
        !            48: .SH "ERRORS
        !            49: The \fIsetgroups\fP call will fail if:
        !            50: .TP 15
        !            51: [EPERM]
        !            52: The caller is not the super-user.
        !            53: .TP 15
        !            54: [EFAULT]
        !            55: The address specified for \fIgidset\fP is outside the process
        !            56: address space.
        !            57: .SH "SEE ALSO
        !            58: getgroups(2), initgroups(3)
        !            59: .SH BUGS
        !            60: The
        !            61: .I gidset
        !            62: array should be of type
        !            63: .BR gid_t ,
        !            64: but remains integer for compatibility with earlier systems.

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