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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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