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  INITGROUPS(3C)  (C Programming Language Utilities) INITGROUPS(3C)



  NAME
       initgroups - initialize group access list

  SYNOPSIS
       initgroups(name, basegid)
       char * name;
       gidt basegid;

  DESCRIPTION
       Initgroups reads through the group file and sets up, using
       the setgroups (2) call, the group access list for the user
       specified in name . The basegid is automatically included in
       the groups list.  Typically this value is given as the group
       number from the password file.

  RETURN VALUE
       Initgroups returns -1 if it was not invoked by the
       superuser.

  FILES
       /etc/group
       /etc/passwd

  SEE ALSO
       setgroups(2).

  BUGS
       Initgroups uses the routines based on getgrent (3). If the
       invoking program uses any of these routines, the group
       structure will be overwritten in the call to initgroups .












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