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SETREGID(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual SETREGID(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   setregid — set real and effective group IDs

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <unistd.h>

   int setregid(gid_t _rgid_, gid_t _egid_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _setregid_() function shall set the real and effective group IDs
   of the calling process.

   If _rgid_ is -1, the real group ID shall not be changed; if _egid_ is
   -1, the effective group ID shall not be changed.

   The real and effective group IDs may be set to different values in
   the same call.

   Only a process with appropriate privileges can set the real group
   ID and the effective group ID to any valid value.

   A non-privileged process can set either the real group ID to the
   saved set-group-ID from one of the _exec_ family of functions, or
   the effective group ID to the saved set-group-ID or the real group
   ID.

   If the real group ID is being set (_rgid_ is not -1), or the
   effective group ID is being set to a value not equal to the real
   group ID, then the saved set-group-ID of the current process shall
   be set equal to the new effective group ID.

   Any supplementary group IDs of the calling process remain
   unchanged.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise, -1
   shall be returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to indicate the error, and neither
   of the group IDs are changed.

ERRORS top

   The _setregid_() function shall fail if:

   **EINVAL** The value of the _rgid_ or _egid_ argument is invalid or out-
          of-range.

   **EPERM** The process does not have appropriate privileges and a
          change other than changing the real group ID to the saved
          set-group-ID, or changing the effective group ID to the
          real group ID or the saved set-group-ID, was requested.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   If a non-privileged set-group-ID process sets its effective group
   ID to its real group ID, it can only set its effective group ID
   back to the previous value if _rgid_ was -1 in the _setregid_() call,
   since the saved-group-ID is not changed in that case. If _rgid_ was
   equal to the real group ID in the _setregid_() call, then the saved
   set-group-ID will also have been changed to the real user ID.

RATIONALE top

   Earlier versions of this standard did not specify whether the
   saved set-group-ID was affected by _setregid_() calls. This version
   specifies common existing practice that constitutes an important
   security feature. The ability to set both the effective group ID
   and saved set-group-ID to be the same as the real group ID means
   that any security weakness in code that is executed after that
   point cannot result in malicious code being executed with the
   previous effective group ID. Privileged applications could already
   do this using just _setgid_(), but for non-privileged applications
   the only standard method available is to use this feature of
   _setregid_().

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   [exec(1p)](../man1/exec.1p.html), [getegid(3p)](../man3/getegid.3p.html), [geteuid(3p)](../man3/geteuid.3p.html), [getgid(3p)](../man3/getgid.3p.html), [getuid(3p)](../man3/getuid.3p.html),
   [setegid(3p)](../man3/setegid.3p.html), [seteuid(3p)](../man3/seteuid.3p.html), [setgid(3p)](../man3/setgid.3p.html), [setreuid(3p)](../man3/setreuid.3p.html), [setuid(3p)](../man3/setuid.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [unistd.h(0p)](../man0/unistd.h.0p.html)

COPYRIGHT top

   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
   the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
   document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
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