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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f5dd77 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.3 @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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/* group name */ + char *gr_passwd; /* group password */ + gid_t gr_gid; /* group id */ + char **gr_mem; /* group members */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The functions +.Fn getgrnam +and +.Fn getgrgid +search the group database for the given group name pointed to by +.Fa name +or the group id pointed to by +.Fa gid , +respectively, returning the first one encountered. +Identical group +names or group gids may result in undefined behavior. +.Pp +The +.Fn getgrent +function +sequentially reads the group database and is intended for programs +that wish to step through the complete list of groups. +.Pp +The functions +.Fn getgrent_r , +.Fn getgrnam_r , +and +.Fn getgrgid_r +are thread-safe versions of +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrnam , +and +.Fn getgrgid , +respectively. +The caller must provide storage for the results of the search in +the +.Fa grp , +.Fa buffer , +.Fa bufsize , +and +.Fa result +arguments. +When these functions are successful, the +.Fa grp +argument will be filled-in, and a pointer to that argument will be +stored in +.Fa result . +If an entry is not found or an error occurs, +.Fa result +will be set to +.Dv NULL . +.Pp +These functions will open the group file for reading, if necessary. +.Pp +The +.Fn setgroupent +function +opens the file, or rewinds it if it is already open. +If +.Fa stayopen +is non-zero, file descriptors are left open, significantly speeding +functions subsequent calls. +This functionality is unnecessary for +.Fn getgrent +as it does not close its file descriptors by default. +It should also +be noted that it is dangerous for long-running programs to use this +functionality as the group file may be updated. +.Pp +The +.Fn setgrent +function +is identical to +.Fn setgroupent +with an argument of zero. +.Pp +The +.Fn endgrent +function +closes any open files. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The functions +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrnam , +and +.Fn getgrgid , +return a pointer to a group structure on success or +.Dv NULL +if the entry is not found or if an error occurs. +If an error does occur, +.Va errno +will be set. +Note that programs must explicitly set +.Va errno +to zero before calling any of these functions if they need to +distinguish between a non-existent entry and an error. +The functions +.Fn getgrent_r , +.Fn getgrnam_r , +and +.Fn getgrgid_r +return 0 if no error occurred, or an error number to indicate failure. +It is not an error if a matching entry is not found. +(Thus, if +.Fa result +is set to +.Dv NULL +and the return value is 0, no matching entry exists.) +.Pp +The functions +.Fn setgroupent +and +.Fn setgrent +return the value 1 if successful, otherwise the value +0 is returned. +The functions +.Fn endgrent +and +.Fn setgrfile +have no return value. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact +.It Pa /etc/group +group database file +.El +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +The historic function +.Fn setgrfile , +which allowed the specification of alternate password databases, has +been deprecated and is no longer available. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getpwent 3 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +.Xr yp 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrnam , +.Fn getgrnam_r , +.Fn getgrgid , +.Fn getgrgid_r +and +.Fn endgrent +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1-96 . +The +.Fn setgrent +function differs from that standard in that its return type is +.Vt int +rather than +.Vt void . +.Sh HISTORY +The functions +.Fn endgrent , +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrnam , +.Fn getgrgid , +and +.Fn setgrent +appeared in +.At v7 . +The functions +.Fn setgrfile +and +.Fn setgroupent +appeared in +.Bx 4.3 Reno . +The functions +.Fn getgrent_r , +.Fn getgrnam_r , +and +.Fn getgrgid_r +appeared in +.Fx 5.1 . +.Sh BUGS +The functions +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrnam , +.Fn getgrgid , +.Fn setgroupent +and +.Fn setgrent +leave their results in an internal static object and return +a pointer to that object. +Subsequent calls to +the same function +will modify the same object. +.Pp +The functions +.Fn getgrent , +.Fn getgrent_r , +.Fn endgrent , +.Fn setgroupent , +and +.Fn setgrent +are fairly useless in a networked environment and should be +avoided, if possible. +The +.Fn getgrent +and +.Fn getgrent_r +functions +make no attempt to suppress duplicate information if multiple +sources are specified in +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . |