#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>
struct group *getgrnam(const char *name);
struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid);
int getgrnam_r(const char *restrict name, struct group *restrict grp,
char *restrict buf, size_t buflen,
struct group **restrict result);
int getgrgid_r(gid_t gid, struct group *restrict grp,
char *restrict buf, size_t buflen,
struct group **restrict result);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getgrnam_r(), getgrgid_r():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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.)
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.
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| getgrnam() | Thread safety |
MT-Unsafe race:grnam locale
|
| getgrgid() | Thread safety |
MT-Unsafe race:grgid locale
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| getgrnam_r(), getgrgid_r() | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |