PROLOG

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       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       setregid — set real and effective group IDs

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int setregid(gid_t rgid, gid_t egid);

DESCRIPTION

       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

       Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned. Otherwise,  −1  shall  be  returned  and  errno  set  to
       indicate the error, and neither of the group IDs are changed.

ERRORS

       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

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       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

       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

       None.

SEE ALSO

       exec, getegid(), geteuid(), getgid(), getuid(), setegid(), seteuid(), setgid(), setreuid(), setuid()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <unistd.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition,
       Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc
       and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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
       http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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