NAME
getgrouplist —
calculate group access list
SYNOPSIS
#include
<unistd.h>
int
getgrouplist(const
char *name, gid_t
basegid, gid_t
*groups, int
*ngroups);
DESCRIPTION
The
getgrouplist()
function reads through the
group(5) file and calculates the group access list for the user
specified in name. The basegid
is automatically included in the groups list. Typically this value is given
as the group number from the password file.
If YP is active and the group file contains no exclusions, the netid(5) file and the netid.byname YP map will be used in addition to the group file. If the group file contains at least one exclusion, the group.byname YP map will be used in addition to the group file.
The resulting group list is returned in the integer array pointed to by groups. The caller specifies the size of the groups array in the integer pointed to by ngroups; the actual number of groups found is returned in ngroups.
RETURN VALUES
The getgrouplist() function returns 0 if
successful and -1 if the size of the group list is too small to hold all the
user's groups. Here, the group array will be filled with as many groups as
will fit.
FILES
- /etc/group
- group database file
- /etc/netid
- static group lists to override YP data
SEE ALSO
setgroups(2), initgroups(3), yp_match(3), group(5), netid(5), yp(8)
HISTORY
The getgrouplist() function first appeared
in 4.4BSD.
BUGS
The getgrouplist() function uses the
routines based on
getgrent(3). If the invoking program uses any of these routines, the
group structure will be overwritten in the call to
getgrouplist().