The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
Copyright © 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

NAME

setegid - set the effective group ID

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int setegid(gid_t gid);

DESCRIPTION

If gid is equal to the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID, or if the process has appropriate privileges, setegid() shall set the effective group ID of the calling process to gid; the real group ID, saved set-group-ID, and any supplementary group IDs shall remain unchanged.

The setegid() function shall not affect the supplementary group list in any way.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The setegid() function shall fail if:

[EINVAL]
The value of the gid argument is invalid and is not supported by the implementation.
[EPERM]
The process does not have appropriate privileges and gid does not match the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID.
The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

Refer to the RATIONALE section in setuid() .

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

exec() , getegid() , geteuid() , getgid() , getuid() , seteuid() , setgid() , setregid() , setreuid() , setuid() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/types.h>, <unistd.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from the IEEE P1003.1a draft standard.

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