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36.Dd April 16, 1994
37.Dt SETGROUPS 2
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm setgroups
41.Nd set group access list
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
44.Fd #include <unistd.h>
45.Ft int
46.Fn setgroups "int ngroups" "const gid_t *gidset"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Fn Setgroups
49sets the group access list of the current user process
50according to the array
51.Fa gidset .
52The parameter
53.Fa ngroups
54indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
55more than
56.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX} .
57.Pp
58Only the super-user may set new groups.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60A 0 value is returned on success, -1 on error, with
61an error code stored in
62.Va errno .
63.Sh ERRORS
64The
65.Fn setgroups
66call will fail if:
67.Bl -tag -width Er
68.It Bq Er EINVAL
69The value of
70.Fa ngroups
71is greater than
72.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX} .
73.It Bq Er EPERM
74The caller is not the super-user.
75.It Bq Er EFAULT
76The address specified for
77.Fa gidset
78is outside the process
79address space.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr getgroups 2 ,
83.Xr initgroups 3
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Fn setgroups
87function call appeared in
88.Bx 4.2 .