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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.\" Modified, 27 May 2004, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Added notes on capability requirements
.\"
-.TH setfsgid 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH setfsgid 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
setfsgid \- set group identity used for filesystem checks
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/fsuid.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "[[deprecated]] int setfsgid(gid_t " fsgid );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ for permissions checking when accessing filesystem objects,
while the effective group ID is used for some other kinds
of permissions checks (see
.BR credentials (7)).
-.PP
+.P
Normally, the value of the process's filesystem group ID
is the same as the value of its effective group ID.
This is so, because whenever a process's effective group ID is changed,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from its effective group ID by using
.BR setfsgid ()
to change its filesystem group ID to the value given in
.IR fsgid .
-.PP
+.P
.BR setfsgid ()
will succeed only if the caller is the superuser or if
.I fsgid
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ for a discussion of why the use of both
and
.BR setfsgid ()
is nowadays unneeded.
-.PP
+.P
The original Linux
.BR setfsgid ()
system call supported only 16-bit group IDs.