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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: .\"    @(#)setgroups.2 6.4 (Berkeley) 4/10/87
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH SETGROUPS 2 "April 10, 1987"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: setgroups \- set group access list
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .nf
        !            13: .ft B
        !            14: #include <sys/param.h>
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: .ft B
        !            17: setgroups(ngroups, gidset)
        !            18: int ngroups, *gidset;
        !            19: .fi
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: .I Setgroups
        !            22: sets the group access list of the current user process
        !            23: according to the array 
        !            24: .IR gidset .
        !            25: The parameter
        !            26: .I ngroups
        !            27: indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
        !            28: more than NGROUPS, as defined in
        !            29: .RI < sys/param.h >.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: Only the super-user may set new groups.
        !            32: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            33: A 0 value is returned on success, \-1 on error, with
        !            34: a error code stored in \fIerrno\fP.
        !            35: .SH "ERRORS
        !            36: The \fIsetgroups\fP call will fail if:
        !            37: .TP 15
        !            38: [EPERM]
        !            39: The caller is not the super-user.
        !            40: .TP 15
        !            41: [EFAULT]
        !            42: The address specified for \fIgidset\fP is outside the process
        !            43: address space.
        !            44: .SH "SEE ALSO
        !            45: getgroups(2), initgroups(3)
        !            46: .SH BUGS
        !            47: The
        !            48: .I gidset
        !            49: array should be of type
        !            50: .BR gid_t ,
        !            51: but remains integer for compatibility with earlier systems.

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