SETREGID(3) Library Functions Manual SETREGID(3)

NAME

setregid — set real and effective group IDs

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int setregid(gid_t rgid, gid_t egid);

DESCRIPTION

The setregid() function is used to set the real and effective group IDs of the calling process. If rgid is -1, the real group ID is not changed; if egid is -1, the effective group ID is not changed. The real and effective group IDs may be set to different values in the same call.

Only a process with appropriate privileges can set the real group ID and the effective group ID to any valid value.

A non-privileged process can set either the real group ID to the saved set-group-ID from exec(), or the effective group ID to the saved set-group-ID or the real group ID.

Any supplementary group IDs of the calling process remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error and neither of the group IDs will be changed.

ERRORS

The setregid() function will fail if:

[EINVAL]: The value of the rgid or egid argument is invalid or out-of-range.
[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 group ID, was requested.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

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.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.