@node initgroups @subsection @code{initgroups} @findex initgroups LSB specification:@* @url{https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-initgroups-3.html} Documentation: @itemize @item @ifinfo @ref{Setting Groups,,Setting the Group IDs,libc}, @end ifinfo @ifnotinfo @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Setting-Groups.html}, @end ifnotinfo @item @uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/initgroups.3.html,,man initgroups}. @end itemize Gnulib module: --- Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is unsafe to call between @code{fork} and @code{exec} if the parent process is multi-threaded. Instead, use @code{getgroups} or @code{getgrouplist} (or use the gnulib module @code{mgetgroups}) before forking, and @code{setgroups} in the child. @item This function is missing on some platforms: mingw, MSVC 14. @end itemize