NAME
initgroups - initialize group access list
SYNOPSIS
int initgroups(name, basegid)
const char *name;
int basegid;
DESCRIPTION
Initgroups reads through the group file and sets up, using
the
setgroups(2) call, the group access list for the user
specified in
name. The basegid is automatically included in the groups
list.
Typically this value is given as the group number from the
password
file.
FILES
/etc/group
SEE ALSO
setgroups(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Initgroups returns -1 if it was not invoked by the
super-user.
BUGS
Initgroups uses the routines based on getgrent(3). If the
invoking
program uses any of these routines, the group structure will
be
overwritten in the call to initgroups.