GETGROUPS(2) BSD Programmer's Manual GETGROUPS(2)
getgroups - get group access list
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int
getgroups(int gidsetlen, gid_t *gidset);
getgroups() gets the current group access list of the current user pro-
cess and stores it in the array gidset. The parameter gidsetlen indicates
the number of entries that may be placed in gidset. getgroups() returns
the actual number of groups returned in gidset. No more than
{NGROUPS_MAX} will ever be returned. If gidsetlen is 0, getgroups() re-
turns the number of groups without modifying the gidset array.
A successful call returns the number of groups in the group set. A value
of -1 indicates that an error occurred, and the error code is stored in
the global variable errno.
The possible errors for getgroups() are:
[EINVAL] The argument gidsetlen is smaller than the number of groups
in the group set.
[EFAULT] The argument gidset specifies an invalid address.
getegid(2), setgid(2), setgroups(2), initgroups(3)
The getgroups() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
MirOS BSD #10-current April 16, 1994 1
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