freebsd-nq/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2

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.\"     @(#)setgroups.2	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
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.Dd April 16, 1994
.Dt SETGROUPS 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm setgroups
.Nd set group access list
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In unistd.h
.Ft int
.Fn setgroups "int ngroups" "const gid_t *gidset"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn setgroups
system call
sets the group access list of the current user process
according to the array
.Fa gidset .
The
.Fa ngroups
argument
indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
more than
.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 .
.Pp
Only the super-user may set a new group list.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std setgroups
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn setgroups
system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EPERM
The caller is not the super-user.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The number specified in the
.Fa ngroups
argument is larger than the
.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}+1
limit.
.It Bq Er EFAULT
The address specified for
.Fa gidset
is outside the process
address space.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getgroups 2 ,
.Xr initgroups 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn setgroups
system call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994`
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			`.\" @(#)setgroups.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94`
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00			`.\" $FreeBSD$`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.\"`
			`.Dd April 16, 1994`
			`.Dt SETGROUPS 2`
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call. 2001-07-10 13:41:46 +00:00			`.Os`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm setgroups`
			`.Nd set group access list`
Introduce ".Lb" macro to libc manpages. More libraries manpages updates following. 2000-04-21 09:42:15 +00:00			`.Sh LIBRARY`
			`.Lb libc`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh SYNOPSIS`
mdoc(7) police: Use the new .In macro for #include statements. 2001-10-01 16:09:29 +00:00			`.In sys/param.h`
			`.In unistd.h`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Ft int`
			`.Fn setgroups "int ngroups" "const gid_t *gidset"`
			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language. Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe. 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +00:00			`The`
			`.Fn setgroups`
			`system call`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`sets the group access list of the current user process`
Remove whitespace at EOL. 2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00			`according to the array`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Fa gidset .`
mdoc(7) police: "The .Fa argument.". 2002-12-19 09:40:28 +00:00			`The`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Fa ngroups`
mdoc(7) police: "The .Fa argument.". 2002-12-19 09:40:28 +00:00			`argument`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no`
			`more than`
In preparation for raising NGROUPS and NGROUPS_MAX, change base system callers of getgroups(), getgrouplist(), and setgroups() to allocate buffers dynamically. Specifically, allocate a buffer of size sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX)+1 (+2 in a few cases to allow for overflow). This (or similar gymnastics) is required for the code to actually follow the POSIX.1-2008 specification where {NGROUPS_MAX} may differ at runtime and where getgroups may return {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 results on systems like FreeBSD which include the primary group. In id(1), don't pointlessly add the primary group to the list of all groups, it is always the first result from getgroups(). In principle the old code was more portable, but this was only done in one of the two places where getgroups() was called to the overall effect was pointless. Document the actual POSIX requirements in the getgroups(2) and setgroups(2) manpages. We do not yet support a dynamic NGROUPS, but we may in the future. MFC after: 2 weeks 2009-06-19 15:58:24 +00:00			`.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 .`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Pp`
Make it clearer that privilege is needed to reduce as well as increase group membership. 2008-06-16 14:50:21 +00:00			`Only the super-user may set a new group list.`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh RETURN VALUES`
Use the ``.Rv -std'' mdoc(7) macro in appropriate cases. Reviewed by: ru 2001-08-09 13:32:13 +00:00			`.Rv -std setgroups`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh ERRORS`
			`The`
			`.Fn setgroups`
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language. Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe. 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +00:00			`system call will fail if:`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Bl -tag -width Er`
			`.It Bq Er EPERM`
			`The caller is not the super-user.`
Documented missing EINVAL errno value kern_prot.c: if (ngrp > NGROUPS) return (EINVAL); MFC after: 2 weeks 2003-11-19 13:05:50 +00:00			`.It Bq Er EINVAL`
			`The number specified in the`
			`.Fa ngroups`
			`argument is larger than the`
In preparation for raising NGROUPS and NGROUPS_MAX, change base system callers of getgroups(), getgrouplist(), and setgroups() to allocate buffers dynamically. Specifically, allocate a buffer of size sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX)+1 (+2 in a few cases to allow for overflow). This (or similar gymnastics) is required for the code to actually follow the POSIX.1-2008 specification where {NGROUPS_MAX} may differ at runtime and where getgroups may return {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 results on systems like FreeBSD which include the primary group. In id(1), don't pointlessly add the primary group to the list of all groups, it is always the first result from getgroups(). In principle the old code was more portable, but this was only done in one of the two places where getgroups() was called to the overall effect was pointless. Document the actual POSIX requirements in the getgroups(2) and setgroups(2) manpages. We do not yet support a dynamic NGROUPS, but we may in the future. MFC after: 2 weeks 2009-06-19 15:58:24 +00:00			`.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}+1`
Documented missing EINVAL errno value kern_prot.c: if (ngrp > NGROUPS) return (EINVAL); MFC after: 2 weeks 2003-11-19 13:05:50 +00:00			`limit.`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.It Bq Er EFAULT`
			`The address specified for`
			`.Fa gidset`
			`is outside the process`
			`address space.`
			`.El`
			`.Sh SEE ALSO`
			`.Xr getgroups 2 ,`
			`.Xr initgroups 3`
			`.Sh HISTORY`
			`The`
Correctly use .Fn instead of .Nm to reference function names in a bunch of man pages. Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text in a bunch of man pages. 1996-08-22 23:31:07 +00:00			`.Fn setgroups`
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language. Stop calling system calls "function calls". Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility". When referring to a non-BSD implementation in the HISTORY section, call syscall a function, to be safe. 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +00:00			`system call appeared in`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Bx 4.2 .`