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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/initgroups.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/initgroups.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/initgroups.3 b/man3/initgroups.3 index c71a9bcaef..a70bbb5253 100644 --- a/man3/initgroups.3 +++ b/man3/initgroups.3 @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ initgroups \- initialize the supplementary group access list .BI "int initgroups(const char *" user ", gid_t " group ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBinitgroups\fP() function initializes the group access list by +The +.BR initgroups () +function initializes the group access list by reading the group database \fI/etc/group\fP and using all groups of which \fIuser\fP is a member. The additional group \fIgroup\fP is @@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ The .I user argument must be non-NULL. .SH "RETURN VALUE" -The \fBinitgroups\fP() function returns 0 on success. +The +.BR initgroups () +function returns 0 on success. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately. |