explain_setgroups_or_die - set supplementary group IDs and report errors
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Copyright
libexplain version 1.4
Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller
explain_setgroups_or_die(3)
Description
The explain_setgroups_or_die function is used to call the setgroups(2) system call. On failure an
explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_setgroups(3) function, and then the
process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
The explain_setgroups_on_error function is used to call the setgroups(2) system call. On failure an
explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_setgroups(3) function, but still returns
to the caller.
data_size
The data_size, exactly as to be passed to the setgroups(2) system call.
data The data, exactly as to be passed to the setgroups(2) system call.
Example
The explain_setgroups_or_die function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following
example:
explain_setgroups_or_die(data_size, data);
Name
explain_setgroups_or_die - set supplementary group IDs and report errors
Return Value
The explain_setgroups_or_die function only returns on success, see setgroups(2) for more information. On
failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.
The explain_setgroups_on_error function always returns the value return by the wrapped setgroups(2)
system call.
See Also
setgroups(2) get/set list of supplementary group IDs explain_setgroups(3) explain setgroups(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process
Synopsis
#include <libexplain/setgroups.h>
void explain_setgroups_or_die(size_t data_size, const gid_t *data);
int explain_setgroups_on_error(size_t data_size, const gid_t *data);
