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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-03 09:05:55 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-06-03 09:05:55 +0000
commitf8850a3888af8522c6af24d8b01e30aca1f523a8 (patch)
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Clarify that supplementary group IDs are specified in POSIX.1-2001.
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@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ that the process may create; see
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
Process IDs, parent process IDs, process group IDs, and session IDs
are specified in POSIX.1-2001.
-The real, effective, and saved set IDs are specified in POSIX.1-2001.
-The file system IDs are a Linux extension.
+The real, effective, and saved set user and groups IDs,
+and the supplementary group IDs, are specified in POSIX.1-2001.
+The file system user and group IDs are a Linux extension.
.SH NOTES
The POSIX threads specification requires that
credentials are shared by all of the threads in a process.