setegid

abstract var setegid: (id: Any) -> Unit?(source)

The process.setegid() method sets the effective group identity of the process. (See setegid(2).) The id can be passed as either a numeric ID or a group name string. If a group name is specified, this method blocks while resolving the associated a numeric ID.

import process from 'node:process';

if (process.getegid && process.setegid) {
console.log(`Current gid: ${process.getegid()}`);
try {
process.setegid(501);
console.log(`New gid: ${process.getegid()}`);
} catch (err) {
console.log(`Failed to set gid: ${err}`);
}
}

This function is only available on POSIX platforms (i.e. not Windows or Android). This feature is not available in Worker threads.

Since

v2.0.0

Parameters

id

A group name or ID