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SETFSGID(2)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		   SETFSGID(2)

NAME
       setfsgid - set group identity used for file system checks

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h> /* glibc uses <sys/fsuid.h> */

       int setfsgid(uid_t fsgid);

DESCRIPTION
       The system call setfsgid() sets the group ID that the Linux kernel uses
       to check for all accesses to the file system.  Normally, the  value  of
       fsgid  will shadow the value of the effective group ID.	In fact, when‐
       ever the effective group ID is changed, fsgid will also be  changed  to
       the new value of the effective group ID.

       Explicit	 calls	to setfsuid(2) and setfsgid() are usually only used by
       programs such as the Linux NFS server that need to change what user and
       group  ID is used for file access without a corresponding change in the
       real and effective user and group IDs.  A change in the normal user IDs
       for a program such as the NFS server is a security hole that can expose
       it to unwanted signals.	(But see below.)

       setfsgid() will only succeed if the caller is the superuser or if fsgid
       matches	either the real group ID, effective group ID, saved set-group-
       ID, or the current value of fsgid.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, the previous value of fsgid is  returned.   On  error,  the
       current value of fsgid is returned.

VERSIONS
       This system call is present in Linux since version 1.2.

CONFORMING TO
       setfsgid()  is  Linux-specific  and  should  not	 be  used  in programs
       intended to be portable.

NOTES
       When glibc determines that the argument is not a	 valid	group  ID,  it
       will  return  -1	 and set errno to EINVAL without attempting the system
       call.

       Note that at the time this system call was introduced, a process	 could
       send a signal to a process with the same effective user ID.  Today sig‐
       nal permission handling is slightly different.

BUGS
       No error messages of any kind are returned to the caller.  At the  very
       least, EPERM should be returned when the call fails (because the caller
       lacks the CAP_SETGID capability).

SEE ALSO
       kill(2), setfsuid(2), capabilities(7), credentials(7)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux				  2008-12-05			   SETFSGID(2)
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