initgroups

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).

Conforming to

SVr4, 4.3BSD.

See Also

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

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Referenced By

credentials(7), getgroups(2), group(5), nss(5), setpriv(1), slapd(8).