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41 .Nd set group access list
48 .Fn setgroups "int ngroups" "const gid_t *gidset"
51 sets the group access list of the current user process
52 according to the array
56 indicates the number of entries in the array and must be no
62 Only the super-user may set new groups.
71 The caller is not the super-user.
73 The address specified for
75 is outside the process
84 function call appeared in