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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libsys/getgroups.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libsys/getgroups.2 | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libsys/getgroups.2 b/lib/libsys/getgroups.2 index 91cca2748ec2..37c8fbad7215 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/getgroups.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/getgroups.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd January 21, 2011 +.Dd August 1, 2025 .Dt GETGROUPS 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ The .Fn getgroups system call -gets the current group access list of the user process -and stores it in the array +gets the current supplementary groups of the user process and stores it in the +array .Fa gidset . The .Fa gidsetlen @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The system call returns the actual number of groups returned in .Fa gidset . -At least one and as many as {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 values may be returned. +As many as {NGROUPS_MAX} values may be returned. If .Fa gidsetlen is zero, @@ -102,3 +102,10 @@ The .Fn getgroups system call appeared in .Bx 4.2 . +.Pp +Before +.Fx 15.0 , +the +.Fn getgroups +system call always returned the effective group ID for the process as the first +element of the array, before the supplementary groups. |