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<H1>INITGROUPS</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/types.h">sys/types.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/grp.h">grp.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int initgroups(const char *</B><I>user</I><B>, gid_t </B><I>group</I><B>);</B>
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>initgroups</B>():
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since&nbsp;glibc&nbsp;2.19:
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;_DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;2.19&nbsp;and&nbsp;earlier:
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>initgroups</B>()
function initializes the group access list by
reading the group database
<I>/etc/group</I>
and using all groups of
which
<I>user</I>
is a member.
The additional group
<I>group</I>
is
also added to the list.
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The
<I>user</I>
argument must be non-NULL.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
The
<B>initgroups</B>()
function returns 0 on success.
On error, -1 is returned, and
<I>errno</I>
is set appropriately.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>ENOMEM</B>
<DD>
Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
<DT id="2"><B>EPERM</B>
<DD>
The calling process has insufficient privilege.
See the underlying system call
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setgroups">setgroups</A></B>(2).
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<H2>FILES</H2>
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<DT id="3"><I>/etc/group</I>
<DD>
group database file
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>initgroups</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe locale<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
SVr4, 4.3BSD.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getgroups">getgroups</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setgroups">setgroups</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+credentials">credentials</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<I>man-pages</I>
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">FILES</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAK">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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