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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/setregid.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/setregid.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f718fe0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/setregid.3p @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "SETREGID" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" setregid +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +setregid \- set real and effective group IDs +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <unistd.h> +.br +.sp +int setregid(gid_t\fP \fIrgid\fP\fB, gid_t\fP \fIegid\fP\fB); \fP +\fB +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIsetregid\fP() function shall set the real and effective group +IDs of the calling process. +.LP +If \fIrgid\fP is -1, the real group ID shall not be changed; if \fIegid\fP +is -1, the effective group ID shall not be +changed. +.LP +The real and effective group IDs may be set to different values in +the same call. +.LP +Only a process with appropriate privileges can set the real group +ID and the effective group ID to any valid value. +.LP +A non-privileged process can set either the real group ID to the saved +set-group-ID from one of the \fIexec\fP family of functions, or the +effective group ID to the saved set-group-ID or the real group +ID. +.LP +Any supplementary group IDs of the calling process remain unchanged. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1 shall +be returned and \fIerrno\fP set to indicate the error, and +neither of the group IDs are changed. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +The \fIsetregid\fP() function shall fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EINVAL +The value of the \fIrgid\fP or \fIegid\fP argument is invalid or out-of-range. +.TP 7 +.B EPERM +The process does not have appropriate privileges and a change other +than changing the real group ID to the saved set-group-ID, +or changing the effective group ID to the real group ID or the saved +set-group-ID, was requested. +.sp +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +If a set-group-ID process sets its effective group ID to its real +group ID, it can still set its effective group ID back to the +saved set-group-ID. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIexec\fP(), \fIgetegid\fP(), \fIgeteuid\fP(), \fIgetgid\fP(), +\fIgetuid\fP(), +\fIsetegid\fP(), \fIseteuid\fP(), \fIsetgid\fP(), \fIsetreuid\fP(), +\fIsetuid\fP(), the +Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<unistd.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |