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13.25.5 initgroups ¶

LSB specification:
https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-initgroups-3.html

Documentation:

• https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Setting-Groups.html,
• man initgroups.

Gnulib module: —

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is unsafe to call between fork and exec if the parent process is multi-threaded. Instead, use getgroups or getgrouplist (or use the gnulib module mgetgroups) before forking, and setgroups in the child.
• This function is missing on some platforms: mingw, MSVC 14.