Name
initgroups — initialize the supplementary group access list
Synopsis
#include <sys/types.h> #include <grp.h>
int
initgroups( |
const char *user, |
gid_t group); |
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DESCRIPTION
The initgroups() function
initializes the group access list by reading the group
database /etc/group and using
all groups of which user is a member. The
additional group group is also added to the
list.
The user argument
must be non-NULL.
RETURN VALUE
The initgroups() function
returns 0 on success. On error, −1 is returned, and
errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
- EPERM
-
The calling process has insufficient privilege. See the underlying system call setgroups(2).
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
initgroups() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
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