In Python, the os.getgid()
method is used to extract the real group id of the current thread. It is also used to set the groupID
of the current process.
Note: The
OS
module in Python provides an interface to deal with services related to the operating system.
os.getgid()
This method does not take any argument value.
It returns an integer value as a groupID
.
# Program to generate random numbersimport randomimport os# setting random idos.setgid(random.randint(10,100))# getting current group process idgroupID = os.getgid()# Printing group idprint(groupID)
setgid()
function to set current process groupID
with a random value between 10
and 100
.groupID
of the current value.groupID
of the current process.