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1.1       root        1: .TH SETREGID 2 "12 February 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: setregid \- set real and effective group ID
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .ft B
                      7: setregid(rgid, egid)
                      8: .br
                      9: int rgid, egid;
                     10: .ft R
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: The real and effective group ID's of the current process
                     13: are set to the arguments.
                     14: Only the super-user may change the real group ID
                     15: of a process.  Unpriviledged users may change the
                     16: effective group ID to the real group ID, but to
                     17: no other.
                     18: .PP
                     19: Supplying a value of \-1 for either the real or effective
                     20: group ID forces the system to substitute the current
                     21: ID in place of the \-1 parameter.
                     22: .SH "RETURN VALUE
                     23: Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise,
                     24: a value of \-1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set to indicate the error.
                     25: .SH "ERRORS
                     26: .TP 15
                     27: [EPERM]
                     28: The current process is not the super-user and a change
                     29: other than changing the effective group-id to the real group-id
                     30: was specified.
                     31: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     32: getgid(2), setreuid(2), setgid(3)

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