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

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