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                     20: .TH SETREGID 2 "June 23, 1990"
                     21: .UC 5
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: setregid \- set real and effective group ID
                     24: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     25: .ft B
                     26: setregid(rgid, egid)
                     27: .br
                     28: int rgid, egid;
                     29: .ft R
                     30: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     31: The real and effective group ID's of the current process
                     32: are set to the arguments.
                     33: Unprivileged users may change the real group
                     34: ID to the effective group ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
                     35: make other changes.
                     36: .PP
                     37: Supplying a value of \-1 for either the real or effective
                     38: group ID forces the system to substitute the current
                     39: ID in place of the \-1 parameter.
                     40: .SH "RETURN VALUE
                     41: Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise,
                     42: a value of \-1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set to indicate the error.
                     43: .SH "ERRORS
                     44: .TP 15
                     45: [EPERM]
                     46: The current process is not the super-user and a change
                     47: other than changing the effective group-id to the real group-id
                     48: was specified.
                     49: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     50: getgid(2), setreuid(2), setgid(3)

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