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37 .Nd initialize group access list
43 .Fn initgroups "const char *name" "gid_t basegid"
50 function to calculate the group access list for the user
53 This group list is then setup for the current process using
57 is automatically included in the groups list.
58 Typically this value is given as
59 the group number from the password file.
65 function may fail and set
67 for any of the errors specified for the library function
82 uses the routines based on
84 If the invoking program uses any of these routines,
85 the group structure will
86 be overwritten in the call to