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26 | .\" Modified 1997-01-31 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> |
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6dc1520b | 29 | .TH SETGID 2 2010-11-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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30 | .SH NAME |
31 | setgid \- set group identity | |
32 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
33 | .B #include <sys/types.h> | |
34 | .br | |
35 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
36 | .sp | |
37 | .BI "int setgid(gid_t " gid ); | |
38 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
e511ffb6 | 39 | .BR setgid () |
a1ffe9f5 | 40 | sets the effective group ID of the calling process. |
c13182ef | 41 | If the caller is the |
d9df8ff8 | 42 | superuser, the real GID and saved set-group-ID are also set. |
fea681da | 43 | |
c13182ef | 44 | Under Linux, |
e511ffb6 | 45 | .BR setgid () |
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46 | is implemented like the POSIX version with the |
47 | .B _POSIX_SAVED_IDS | |
48 | feature. | |
d9df8ff8 | 49 | This allows a set-group-ID program that is not set-user-ID-root |
880f5b4b | 50 | to drop all of its group |
3b777aff | 51 | privileges, do some un-privileged work, and then reengage the original |
fea681da | 52 | effective group ID in a secure manner. |
47297adb | 53 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
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54 | On success, zero is returned. |
55 | On error, \-1 is returned, and | |
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56 | .I errno |
57 | is set appropriately. | |
58 | .SH ERRORS | |
59 | .TP | |
60 | .B EPERM | |
d3c8b3e9 | 61 | The calling process is not privileged (does not have the |
0b9bdf82 | 62 | \fBCAP_SETGID\fP capability), and |
fea681da | 63 | .I gid |
7a8fe6a9 | 64 | does not match the real group ID or saved set-group-ID of |
fea681da | 65 | the calling process. |
47297adb | 66 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
7484d5a7 | 67 | SVr4, POSIX.1-2001. |
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68 | .SH NOTES |
69 | The original Linux | |
70 | .BR setgid () | |
71 | system call supported only 16-bit group IDs. | |
c5662d5d | 72 | Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added |
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73 | .BR setgid32 () |
74 | supporting 32-bit IDs. | |
75 | The glibc | |
76 | .BR setgid () | |
77 | wrapper function transparently deals with the variation across kernel versions. | |
47297adb | 78 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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79 | .BR getgid (2), |
80 | .BR setegid (2), | |
81 | .BR setregid (2), | |
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82 | .BR capabilities (7), |
83 | .BR credentials (7) |