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2.6 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)initgroups.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 26, 2014
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.Dt INITGROUPS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm initgroups
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.Nd initialize group access list
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn initgroups "const char *name" "gid_t basegid"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn initgroups
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function
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uses the
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.Xr getgrouplist 3
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function to calculate the group access list for the user
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specified in
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.Fa name .
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This group list is then setup for the current process using
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.Xr setgroups 2 .
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The
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.Fa basegid
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is automatically included in the groups list.
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Typically this value is given as
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the group number from the password file.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std initgroups
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn initgroups
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function may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the library function
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.Xr setgroups 2 .
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It may also return:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The
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.Fn initgroups
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function was unable to allocate temporary storage.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr setgroups 2 ,
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.Xr getgrouplist 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn initgroups
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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