setegid
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}`);
}
}
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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