1INITGROUPS(3)              Linux Programmer's Manual             INITGROUPS(3)
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NAME

6       initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/types.h>
10       #include <grp.h>
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12       int initgroups(const char *user, gid_t group);
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14   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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16       initgroups(): _BSD_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

19       The  initgroups() function initializes the group access list by reading
20       the group database /etc/group and using all groups of which user  is  a
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RETURN VALUE

26       The  initgroups()  function  returns  0  on  success.   On error, -1 is
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ERRORS

30       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
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FILES

36       /etc/group          group database file
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CONFORMING TO

39       SVr4, 4.3BSD.
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SEE ALSO

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

45       This  page  is  part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
46       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
47       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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51GNU                               2007-07-26                     INITGROUPS(3)
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