setgid(2)                         SDK R4.11                        setgid(2)


NAME
       setgid - set the real-, effective-, and saved-group-ids

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>

       int  setgid (gid)
       gidt  gid;

   where:
       gid    The value to which the calling process's group-ids are to be
              set

DESCRIPTION
       Setgid sets the real-group-id, effective-group-id, and saved-group-id
       of the calling process to gid, subject to the access control
       constraints described below.

       The value of gid must always be non-negative and less than MAXUID.

ACCESS CONTROL
       If the calling process has appropriate privilege, the real-group-id,
       effective-group-id, and saved_group_id values are all set to gid.

       If the calling process does not have appropriate privilege, but its
       real-group-id or its saved_group_id is equal to gid, the
       effective-group-id is set to gid.  The real-group-id and
       saved_group_id are unchanged.

       For systems supporting the DG/UX Capability Option, appropriate
       privilege is defined as having one or more specific capabilities
       enabled in the effective capability set of the calling process.  See
       capdefaults(5) for the default capability for this system call.

       On systems without the DG/UX Capability Option, appropriate privilege
       means that the process has an effective UID of root.  See the
       appropriateprivilege(5) man page for more information.

RETURN VALUE
       0      Successful completion.

       -1     An error occurred.  errno is set to indicate the error.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Errno may be set to one of the following error codes:

       EPERM     An attempt was made to set the effective-group-id to a
                 value not permitted by the access control restrictions
                 described above.

       EINVAL    The supplied value of gid was negative or greater than
                 MAXUID.

SEE ALSO
       getegid(2), geteuid(2), getgid(2), getuid(2), setregid(2),
       setreuid(2), setuid(2), appropriateprivilege(5).
       capdefaults(5).


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