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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 deleted file mode 100644 index a6109a9b5888..000000000000 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setgroups.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993, 1994 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)setgroups.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94 -.\" -.Dd January 19, 2018 -.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. -.Pp -The first entry of the group array -.Pq Va gidset[0] -is used as the effective group-ID for the process. -This entry is over-written when a setgid program is run. -To avoid losing access to the privileges of the -.Va gidset[0] -entry, it should be duplicated later in the group array. -By convention, -this happens because the group value indicated -in the password file also appears in -.Pa /etc/group . -The group value in the password file is placed in -.Va gidset[0] -and that value then gets added a second time when the -.Pa /etc/group -file is scanned to create the group set. -.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 . |