GETGID(2)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                GETGID(2)

NAME         top

       getgid, getegid - get group identity

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <unistd.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       gid_t getgid(void);
       gid_t getegid(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       getgid() returns the real group ID of the calling process.

       getegid() returns the effective group ID of the calling process.

ERRORS         top

       These functions are always successful.

CONFORMING TO         top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.

NOTES         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       getresgid(2), setgid(2), setregid(2), credentials(7)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                            2017-09-15                        GETGID(2)

Pages that refer to this page: gawk(1),  groups(1@@shadow-utils),  procps(1),  ps(1),  getgroups(2),  setgid(2),  setreuid(2),  syscalls(2),  group_member(3),  credentials(7),  signal-safety(7),  user_namespaces(7)

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