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GETGID(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETGID(2)
getgid, getegid - get group identity
#include <unistd.h>
gid_t getgid(void);
gid_t getegid(void);
getgid() returns the real group ID of the calling process.
getegid() returns the effective group ID of the calling process.
These functions are always successful and never modify errno.
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
The original Linux getgid() and getegid() system calls supported
only 16-bit group IDs. Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added getgid32()
and getegid32(), supporting 32-bit IDs. The glibc getgid() and
getegid() wrapper functions transparently deal with the
variations across kernel versions.
On Alpha, instead of a pair of getgid() and getegid() system
calls, a single getxgid() system call is provided, which returns
a pair of real and effective GIDs. The glibc getgid() and
getegid() wrapper functions transparently deal with this. See
syscall(2) for details regarding register mapping.
getresgid(2), setgid(2), setregid(2), credentials(7)
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Linux 2021-03-22 GETGID(2)
Pages that refer to this page: groups(1@@shadow-utils), ps(1), strace(1), getgroups(2), setgid(2), setreuid(2), syscalls(2), group_member(3), credentials(7), signal-safety(7), system_data_types(7), user_namespaces(7)
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