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29.Dd May 5, 2005
30.Dt SETLCID 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm setlcid
34.Nd "set login context"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/lctx.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn setlcid "pid_t pid" "pid_t lcid"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn setlcid
42system call sets the login context of the specified process
43.Fa pid
44to the specified
45.Fa lcid .
46If the
47.Fa pid
48is zero, then the call applies to the current process.
49If the
50.Fa lcid
51is zero a new login context will be created.
52If the
53.Fa lcid
54is \-1 the process will be removed from the login context
55it is currently a member of, if any.
56.Pp
57Creation of a new login context is only valid for the current process.
58A process may not create a new login context if it is currently a member
59of one.
60.Pp
61Superuser privilege is required to add or remove a process from
62a login context.
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64.Rv -std setlcid
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Fn setlcid
68function will fail if:
69.Bl -tag -width Er
70.It Bq Er EPERM
71Operation not permitted.
72.It Bq Er ESRCH
73No such process.
74.It Bq Er ENOMEM
75Cannot allocate memory.
76.It Bq Er ENOATTR
77Attribute not found.
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr getlcid 2
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Nm
84manual page
85first appeared in
86.Fx 6.0 .
87.Sh AUTHORS
88This
89manual page was written by
90.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq mdodd@FreeBSD.org .