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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
.\" DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 29, 2025
+.Dd August 29, 2025
.Dt UCRED 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -113,28 +113,26 @@ The actual copying is performed by
.Pp
The
.Fn crsetgroups
-and
-.Fn crsetgroups_and_egid
-functions set the
+function sets the
.Va cr_groups
and
.Va cr_ngroups
-variables and allocates space as needed.
-They also truncate the group list to the current maximum number of
-groups.
-No other mechanism should be used to modify the
-.Va cr_groups
-array.
-Note that
+variables representing the supplementary groups, allocating space as needed.
+It also truncates the group list to the current maximum number of groups.
+The
.Fn crsetgroups_and_egid
-will interpret the first element of
+function is similar, but interprets separately the first group of
.Va groups
-as the new effective GID and the rest of the array as the supplementary groups,
-and
+as the effective GID to set, only setting the subsequent groups as supplementary
+ones.
+It will use
.Va default_egid
-will be used as the new effective GID only if
+as the new effective GID if
.Va groups
is empty.
+No other mechanism should be used to modify the
+.Va cr_groups
+array.
.Pp
The
.Fn cru2x