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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2001-10-18 14:07:12 (GMT)
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2001-10-18 14:07:12 (GMT)
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Elaborate on types and meaning of the setgroups arguments.
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@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ Availability: \UNIX{}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{setgroups}{groups}
-Set list of supplemental group ids associated with the current
-process to \var{groups}.
+Set the list of supplemental group ids associated with the current
+process to \var{groups}. \var{groups} must be a sequence, and each
+element must be an integer identifying a group. This operation is
+typical available only to the superuser.
Availability: \UNIX{}.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{funcdesc}