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35.Dd March 10, 1991
36.Dt SETREGID 2
37.Os BSD 4.2
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm setregid
40.Nd set real and effective group ID
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <unistd.h>
43.Ft int
44.Fn setregid "int rgid" "int egid"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The real and effective group ID's of the current process
47are set to the arguments.
48Unprivileged users may change the real group
49ID to the effective group ID and vice-versa; only the super-user may
50make other changes.
51.Pp
52Supplying a value of -1 for either the real or effective
53group ID forces the system to substitute the current
54ID in place of the -1 parameter.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise,
57a value of -1 is returned and
58.Va errno
59is set to indicate the error.
60.Sh ERRORS
61.Bl -tag -width Er
62.It Bq Er EPERM
63The current process is not the super-user and a change
64other than changing the effective group-id to the real group-id
65was specified.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr getgid 2 ,
69.Xr setreuid 2 ,
70.Xr setgid 3
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Fn setregid
74function call appeared in
75.Bx 4.2 .
76