More doc fixes for bug#19502 -- make documentation less X-specific.
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1 /* group-member.c -- determine whether group id is in calling user's group list
3 Copyright (C) 1994, 1997-1998, 2003, 2005-2006, 2009-2015 Free
4 Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <config.h>
21 /* Specification. */
22 #include <unistd.h>
24 #include <stdio.h>
25 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <stdlib.h>
28 #include "xalloc-oversized.h"
30 /* Most processes have no more than this many groups, and for these
31 processes we can avoid using malloc. */
32 enum { GROUPBUF_SIZE = 100 };
34 struct group_info
36 gid_t *group;
37 gid_t groupbuf[GROUPBUF_SIZE];
40 static void
41 free_group_info (struct group_info const *g)
43 if (g->group != g->groupbuf)
44 free (g->group);
47 static int
48 get_group_info (struct group_info *gi)
50 int n_groups = getgroups (GROUPBUF_SIZE, gi->groupbuf);
51 gi->group = gi->groupbuf;
53 if (n_groups < 0)
55 int n_group_slots = getgroups (0, NULL);
56 if (0 <= n_group_slots
57 && ! xalloc_oversized (n_group_slots, sizeof *gi->group))
59 gi->group = malloc (n_group_slots * sizeof *gi->group);
60 if (gi->group)
61 n_groups = getgroups (n_group_slots, gi->group);
65 /* In case of error, the user loses. */
66 return n_groups;
69 /* Return non-zero if GID is one that we have in our groups list.
70 Note that the groups list is not guaranteed to contain the current
71 or effective group ID, so they should generally be checked
72 separately. */
74 int
75 group_member (gid_t gid)
77 int i;
78 int found;
79 struct group_info gi;
80 int n_groups = get_group_info (&gi);
82 /* Search through the list looking for GID. */
83 found = 0;
84 for (i = 0; i < n_groups; i++)
86 if (gid == gi.group[i])
88 found = 1;
89 break;
93 free_group_info (&gi);
95 return found;
98 #ifdef TEST
100 char *program_name;
103 main (int argc, char **argv)
105 int i;
107 program_name = argv[0];
109 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
111 gid_t gid;
113 gid = atoi (argv[i]);
114 printf ("%d: %s\n", gid, group_member (gid) ? "yes" : "no");
116 exit (0);
119 #endif /* TEST */