From c10c16dec587a0662068f6e2991c29ed3a9db943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Lowe Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:05:30 -0400 Subject: 243 system manual pages should live with the software Reviewed by: garrett@nexenta.com Reviewed by: gwr@nexenta.com Reviewed by: trisk@opensolaris.org Approved by: gwr@nexenta.com --HG-- extra : rebase_source : 0c599d0bec0dc8865fbba67721a7a6cd6b1feefb --- usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c (limited to 'usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c') diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c b/usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..376970a0fe --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/initgroups.3c @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +'\" te +.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T. Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. +.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. +.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] +.TH initgroups 3C "22 Mar 2004" "SunOS 5.11" "Standard C Library Functions" +.SH NAME +initgroups \- initialize the supplementary group access list +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include +#include + +\fBint\fR \fBinitgroups\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIname\fR, \fBgid_t\fR \fIbasegid\fR); +.fi + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.sp +.LP +The \fBinitgroups()\fR function reads the group database to get the group +membership for the user specified by \fIname\fR, and initializes the +supplementary group access list of the calling process (see \fBgetgrnam\fR(3C) +and \fBgetgroups\fR(2)). The \fIbasegid\fR group ID is also included in the +supplementary group access list. This is typically the real group ID from the +user database. +.sp +.LP +While scanning the group database, if the number of groups, including the +\fIbasegid\fR entry, exceeds \fBNGROUPS_MAX\fR, subsequent group entries are +ignored. +.SH RETURN VALUES +.sp +.LP +Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, \(mi1 is returned and +\fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.sp +.LP +The \fBinitgroups()\fR function will fail and not change the supplementary +group access list if: +.sp +.ne 2 +.mk +.na +\fB\fBEPERM\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 9n +.rt +The {\fBPRIV_PROC_SETID\fR} privilege is not asserted in the effective set of +the calling process. +.RE + +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.sp +.LP +See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +.sp + +.sp +.TS +tab() box; +cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) +lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) +. +ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE +_ +MT-LevelMT-Safe +.TE + +.SH SEE ALSO +.sp +.LP +\fBgetgroups\fR(2), \fBgetgrnam\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5) -- cgit v1.2.3