INITGROUPS

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2017-09-15
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NAME

initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list  

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>

int initgroups(const char *user, gid_t group);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

initgroups():
    Since glibc 2.19:
        _DEFAULT_SOURCE
    Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
        _BSD_SOURCE  

DESCRIPTION

The initgroups() function initializes the group access list by reading the group database /etc/group and using all groups of which user is a member. The additional group group is also added to the list.

The user argument must be non-NULL.  

RETURN VALUE

The initgroups() function returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.  

ERRORS

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.

EPERM

The calling process has insufficient privilege. See the underlying system call setgroups(2).

 

FILES

/etc/group              group database file

 

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
initgroups()	Thread safety	MT-Safe locale

 

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD.  

SEE ALSO

getgroups(2), setgroups(2), credentials(7)  

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

RETURN VALUE

ERRORS

FILES

ATTRIBUTES

CONFORMING TO

SEE ALSO

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