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GETGRNAM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETGRNAM(3)
NAME
getgrnam, getgrnam_r, getgrgid, getgrgid_r - get group file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>
struct group *getgrnam(const char *name);
struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid);
int getgrnam_r(const char *name, struct group *grp,
char *buf, size_t buflen, struct group **result);
int getgrgid_r(gid_t gid, struct group *grp,
char *buf, size_t buflen, struct group **result);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getgrnam_r(), getgrgid_r():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 1 || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _POSIX_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The getgrnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken-out fields
of the record in the group database (e.g., the local group file /etc/group, NIS, and LDAP)
that matches the group name name.
The getgrgid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken-out fields
of the record in the group database that matches the group ID 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; /* NULL-terminated array of pointers
to names of group members */
};
For more information about the fields of this structure, see group(5).
The getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r() functions obtain the same information as getgrnam() and
getgrgid(), but store the retrieved group structure in the space pointed to by grp. The
string fields pointed to by the members of the group structure are stored in the buffer
buf of size buflen. A pointer to the result (in case of success) or NULL (in case no
entry was found or an error occurred) is stored in *result.
The call
sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX)
returns either -1, without changing errno, or an initial suggested size for buf. (If this
size is too small, the call fails with ERANGE, in which case the caller can retry with a
larger buffer.)
RETURN VALUE
The getgrnam() and getgrgid() functions return a pointer to a group structure, or NULL if
the matching entry is not found or an error occurs. If an error occurs, errno is set
appropriately. If one wants to check errno after the call, it should be set to zero
before the call.
The return value may point to a static area, and may be overwritten by subsequent calls to
getgrent(3), getgrgid(), or getgrnam(). (Do not pass the returned pointer to free(3).)
On success, getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r() return zero, and set *result to grp. If no
matching group record was found, these functions return 0 and store NULL in *result. In
case of error, an error number is returned, and NULL is stored in *result.
ERRORS
0 or ENOENT or ESRCH or EBADF or EPERM or ...
The given name or gid was not found.
EINTR A signal was caught.
EIO I/O error.
EMFILE The maximum number (OPEN_MAX) of files was open already in the calling process.
ENFILE The maximum number of files was open already in the system.
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group structure.
ERANGE Insufficient buffer space supplied.
FILES
/etc/group
local group database file
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The getgrnam() and getgrgid() functions are not thread-safe.
The getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r() functions are thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
The formulation given above under "RETURN VALUE" is from POSIX.1-2001. It does not call
"not found" an error, hence does not specify what value errno might have in this situa‐
tion. But that makes it impossible to recognize errors. One might argue that according
to POSIX errno should be left unchanged if an entry is not found. Experiments on various
UNIX-like systems shows that lots of different values occur in this situation: 0, ENOENT,
EBADF, ESRCH, EWOULDBLOCK, EPERM, and probably others.
SEE ALSO
endgrent(3), fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), getpwnam(3), setgrent(3), group(5)
COLOPHON
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2014-08-19 GETGRNAM(3)
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