LONG Psetegid(egid)
WORD egid;
| Psetegid() sets the effective group id for the calling process. | |
| Opcode | 324 (0x0144) |
| Availability | Available when a 'MiNT' cookie with a version of at least 1.11 exists. |
| Parameters | egid specifies the new effective group id for the calling process. |
| Binding |
move.w egid,-(sp) move.w #$0144,-(sp) trap #1 addq.l #4,sp |
| Return Value | Psetegid() returns new egid on success or a negative GEMDOS error code otherwise. |
| Caveats | Prior to MiNT version 1.12 this
call contained a bug affecting its functionality.
Setting effective group id needs root privileges. |
| Comments | This call is often used by daemon processes to downgrade their privileges to user level. |
| See Also | Pseteuid(), Psetgid(), Psetregid() |