Extracted from Pike v7.6 release 61 at 2005-12-30.
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Method System.setegid()


Method setegid

int System.setegid(int egid)

Description

Set the effective group ID to egid . If egid is -1 the uid for "nobody" will be used.

Returns

Returns the current errno.

Throws

Throws an error if there is no "nobody" user when egid is -1.

Note

This function isn't available on all platforms.