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CHECKGID(1)               BSD General Commands Manual              CHECKGID(1)

NAME
     checkgid -- validate group identifiers

SYNOPSIS
     checkgid gid

DESCRIPTION
     Given one or more group identifers on the command line (e.g., "httpd" or "#-1"), figure out whether
     they'll be valid for the server to use at run-time.

     If a groupname isn't found, or we can't setgid() to it, return -1.  If all groups are valid, return 0.

     This may need to be run as the superuser for the setgid() to succeed; running it as any other user may
     result in a false negative.

SEE ALSO
     httpd(1)

BSD                           September 10, 2004                           BSD