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setgid(2)							     setgid(2)

NAME
       setgid - Set the group ID

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int setgid(
	       gid_t group_id );

       Application  developers	may  want to specify an #include statement for
       <sys/types.h> before the one  for  <unistd.h>  if  programs  are	 being
       developed  for multiple platforms. The additional #include statement is
       not required on Tru64 UNIX systems or by ISO or X/Open  standards,  but
       may  be	required on other vendors' systems that conform to these stan‐
       dards.

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       setgid(): POSIX.1, XSH4.0, XSH4.2, XSH5.0

       Refer  to  the  standards(5)  reference page for more information about
       industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       Specifies the new group ID.

DESCRIPTION
       The setgid() function sets the real group ID, effective group  ID,  and
       the  saved  set group ID to the value specified by the group_id parame‐
       ter.

       If the process does not have  superuser	privilege,  but	 the  group_id
       parameter  is equal to the real group ID or the saved set group ID, the
       setgid() function sets the effective group ID  to  group_id.  The  real
       group ID and saved set group ID remain unchanged.

       Any supplementary group IDs of the calling process remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon  successful	 completion,  the  setgid() function returns 0 (zero).
       Otherwise, the function returns -1  and	sets  errno  to	 indicate  the
       error.

ERRORS
       The  setgid()  function sets errno to the specified values for the fol‐
       lowing conditions: The value of the group_id parameter is invalid.  The
       process	does  not  have superuser privilege and the group_id parameter
       does not match the real group ID or the saved set group ID.

SEE ALSO
       Functions: exec(2), getgid(2), setuid(2)

       Standards: standards(5)

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