Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This should probably also include appropriate documentation for what kernel introduces this behavior. man2/getgroups.2 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/getgroups.2 b/man2/getgroups.2 index 373c204..edca37c 100644 --- a/man2/getgroups.2 +++ b/man2/getgroups.2 @@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ to be used in a further call to .PP .BR setgroups () sets the supplementary group IDs for the calling process. -Appropriate privileges (Linux: the +Any process may drop groups from its list, but adding groups requires +appropriate privileges (Linux: the .B CAP_SETGID -capability) are required. +capability). The .I size argument specifies the number of supplementary group IDs -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html