GETGRNAM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETGRNAM(3)NAME
getgrnam, getgrgid - get group file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <grp.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
struct group *getgrnam(const char *name);
struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid);
DESCRIPTION
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 */
};
RETURN VALUE
The getgrnam() and getgrgid() functions return the group information structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found or an error
occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
FILES
/etc/group
Group database file
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3)GNU 1993-04-04 GETGRNAM(3)
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FGETGRENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETGRENT(3)NAME
fgetgrent - get group file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>
struct group *fgetgrent(FILE *stream);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fgetgrent(): _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The fgetgrent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from the file referred to by stream. The first
time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file referred to by stream must have the same
format as /etc/group (see group(5)).
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 */
};
RETURN VALUE
The fgetgrent() function returns a pointer to a group structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group structure.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4.
SEE ALSO endgrent(3), fgetgrent_r(3), fopen(3), getgrent(3), getgrgid(3), getgrnam(3), putgrent(3), setgrent(3), group(5)COLOPHON
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GNU 2008-07-10 FGETGRENT(3)
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