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getgrnam, getgrgid ? get group file entry |
#include <grp.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct group *getgrnam(const char *name); struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid); |
The getgrnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the group name name. The getgrgid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the group gid gid. The group structure is defined in <grp.h> as follows: |
struct group { char *gr_name; /* group name */ char *gr_passwd; /* group password */ gid_t gr_gid; /* group id */ char **gr_mem; /* group members */ }; |
The getgrnam() and getgrgid() functions return the group information structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found or an error occurs. |
ENOMEM |
Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure. |
/etc/group |
Group database file |
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3 |
fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3) |