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SETPGID(P) SETPGID(P)
NAME
setpgid - set process group ID for job control
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int setpgid(pid_t pid, pid_t pgid);
DESCRIPTION
The setpgid() function shall either join an existing process group or create a new
process group within the session of the calling process. The process group ID of a
session leader shall not change. Upon successful completion, the process group ID
of the process with a process ID that matches pid shall be set to pgid. As a spe-
cial case, if pid is 0, the process ID of the calling process shall be used. Also,
if pgid is 0, the process ID of the indicated process shall be used.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, setpgid() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be
returned and errno shall be set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The setpgid() function shall fail if:
EACCES The value of the pid argument matches the process ID of a child process of
the calling process and the child process has successfully executed one of
the exec functions.
EINVAL The value of the pgid argument is less than 0, or is not a value supported
by the implementation.
EPERM The process indicated by the pid argument is a session leader.
EPERM The value of the pid argument matches the process ID of a child process of
the calling process and the child process is not in the same session as the
calling process.
EPERM The value of the pgid argument is valid but does not match the process ID of
the process indicated by the pid argument and there is no process with a
process group ID that matches the value of the pgid argument in the same
session as the calling process.
ESRCH The value of the pid argument does not match the process ID of the calling
process or of a child process of the calling process.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
The setpgid() function shall group processes together for the purpose of signaling,
placement in foreground or background, and other job control actions.
The setpgid() function is similar to the setpgrp() function of 4.2 BSD, except that
4.2 BSD allowed the specified new process group to assume any value. This presents
certain security problems and is more flexible than necessary to support job con-
trol.
To provide tighter security, setpgid() only allows the calling process to join a
process group already in use inside its session or create a new process group whose
process group ID was equal to its process ID.
When a job control shell spawns a new job, the processes in the job must be placed
into a new process group via setpgid(). There are two timing constraints involved
in this action:
1. The new process must be placed in the new process group before the appropriate
program is launched via one of the exec functions.
2. The new process must be placed in the new process group before the shell can
correctly send signals to the new process group.
To address these constraints, the following actions are performed. The new pro-
cesses call setpgid() to alter their own process groups after fork() but before
exec. This satisfies the first constraint. Under 4.3 BSD, the second constraint is
satisfied by the synchronization property of vfork(); that is, the shell is sus-
pended until the child has completed the exec, thus ensuring that the child has
completed the setpgid(). A new version of fork() with this same synchronization
property was considered, but it was decided instead to merely allow the parent
shell process to adjust the process group of its child processes via setpgid().
Both timing constraints are now satisfied by having both the parent shell and the
child attempt to adjust the process group of the child process; it does not matter
which succeeds first.
Since it would be confusing to an application to have its process group change
after it began executing (that is, after exec), and because the child process would
already have adjusted its process group before this, the [EACCES] error was added
to disallow this.
One non-obvious use of setpgid() is to allow a job control shell to return itself
to its original process group (the one in effect when the job control shell was
executed). A job control shell does this before returning control back to its par-
ent when it is terminating or suspending itself as a way of restoring its job con-
trol "state" back to what its parent would expect. (Note that the original process
group of the job control shell typically matches the process group of its parent,
but this is not necessarily always the case.)
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
exec() , getpgrp() , setsid() , tcsetpgrp() , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/types.h>, <unistd.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating
System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C)
2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The
Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is
the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
POSIX 2003 SETPGID(P)
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