GETGROUPS(2)

NAME
getgroups, setgroups - get/set group access list

SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>

int getgroups(int size, gid_t list[]);

#define __USE_BSD
#include <grp.h>

int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);

DESCRIPTION

getgroups
    Up to size supplemental groups are returned in list. If size is zero, list is not modified, but the total number of supplemental groups for the process is returned.

setgroups
    Sets the supplemental groups for the process. Only the super-user may use this function.

RETURN VALUE

getgroups
    On success, the number of groups stored in list is returned (if size is zero, however, the number of supplemental group IDs associated with the process is returned). On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

setgroups
    On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EFAULT
    list has an invalid address.

EPERM
    For setgroups, the user is not the super-user.

EINVAL
    For setgroups, gidsetsize is greater than NGROUPS (32 for Linux 2.0.23).

CONFORMING TO
SVr4, SVID (issue 4 only; these calls were not present in SVr3), X/OPEN, 4.3BSD. The getgroups is in POSIX.1. Since setgroups requires privilege, it is not covered under POSIX.1.

BUGS
The __USE_BSD flag probably shouldn't be required for setgroups.

SEE ALSO
initgroups(3),