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<title>setegid</title>
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<basefont size="3"> <a name="setegid"></a> <a name="tag_03_646"></a><!-- setegid -->
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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
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IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
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Copyright © 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_01"></a>NAME</h4>
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<blockquote>setegid - set the effective group ID</blockquote>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<p><code><tt>#include <<a href="../basedefs/unistd.h.html">unistd.h</a>><br>
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<br>
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int setegid(gid_t</tt> <i>gid</i><tt>);<br>
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</tt></code></p>
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</blockquote>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<p>If <i>gid</i> is equal to the real group ID or the saved set-group-ID, or if the process has appropriate privileges,
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<i>setegid</i>() shall set the effective group ID of the calling process to <i>gid</i>; the real group ID, saved set-group-ID, and
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any supplementary group IDs shall remain unchanged.</p>
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<p>The <i>setegid</i>() function shall not affect the supplementary group list in any way.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and <i>errno</i> set to indicate the error.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>The <i>setegid</i>() function shall fail if:</p>
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<dl compact>
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<dt>[EINVAL]</dt>
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<dd>The value of the <i>gid</i> argument is invalid and is not supported by the implementation.</dd>
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<dt>[EPERM]</dt>
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<dd>The process does not have appropriate privileges and <i>gid</i> does not match the real group ID or the saved
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set-group-ID.</dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>Refer to the RATIONALE section in <a href="setuid.html"><i>setuid</i>()</a> .</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="exec.html"><i><a href="../functions/exec.html">exec</a></i>()</a> , <a href="getegid.html"><i>getegid</i>()</a> , <a
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href="geteuid.html"><i>geteuid</i>()</a> , <a href="getgid.html"><i>getgid</i>()</a> , <a href="getuid.html"><i>getuid</i>()</a> ,
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<a href="seteuid.html"><i>seteuid</i>()</a> , <a href="setgid.html"><i>setgid</i>()</a> , <a href=
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"setregid.html"><i>setregid</i>()</a> , <a href="setreuid.html"><i>setreuid</i>()</a> , <a href="setuid.html"><i>setuid</i>()</a> ,
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the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <a href=
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"../basedefs/sys/types.h.html"><i><sys/types.h></i></a>, <a href="../basedefs/unistd.h.html"><i><unistd.h></i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_646_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 6. Derived from the IEEE P1003.1a draft standard.</p>
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