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20 * POSIX Standard: 9.2.1 Group Database Access <grp.h>
23 #ifndef _GRP_H
24 #define _GRP_H 1
26 #include <features.h>
28 __BEGIN_DECLS
30 #include <bits/types.h>
32 #define __need_size_t
33 #include <stddef.h>
36 /* For the Single Unix specification we must define this type here. */
37 #if (defined __USE_XOPEN || defined __USE_XOPEN2K) && !defined __gid_t_defined
38 typedef __gid_t gid_t;
39 # define __gid_t_defined
40 #endif
42 /* The group structure. */
43 struct group
45 char *gr_name; /* Group name. */
46 char *gr_passwd; /* Password. */
47 __gid_t gr_gid; /* Group ID. */
48 char **gr_mem; /* Member list. */
52 #if defined __USE_SVID || defined __USE_GNU
53 # define __need_FILE
54 # include <stdio.h>
55 #endif
58 #if defined __USE_SVID || defined __USE_BSD || defined __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
59 /* Rewind the group-file stream.
61 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
62 marked with __THROW. */
63 extern void setgrent (void);
65 /* Close the group-file stream.
67 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
68 marked with __THROW. */
69 extern void endgrent (void);
71 /* Read an entry from the group-file stream, opening it if necessary.
73 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
74 marked with __THROW. */
75 extern struct group *getgrent (void);
76 #endif
78 #ifdef __USE_SVID
79 /* Read a group entry from STREAM.
81 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
82 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
83 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
84 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
85 extern struct group *fgetgrent (FILE *__stream);
86 #endif
88 #ifdef __USE_GNU
89 /* Write the given entry onto the given stream.
91 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
92 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
93 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
94 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
95 extern int putgrent (__const struct group *__restrict __p,
96 FILE *__restrict __f);
97 #endif
99 /* Search for an entry with a matching group ID.
101 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
102 marked with __THROW. */
103 extern struct group *getgrgid (__gid_t __gid);
105 /* Search for an entry with a matching group name.
107 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
108 marked with __THROW. */
109 extern struct group *getgrnam (__const char *__name);
111 #if defined __USE_POSIX || defined __USE_MISC
113 # ifdef __USE_MISC
114 /* Reasonable value for the buffer sized used in the reentrant
115 functions below. But better use `sysconf'. */
116 # define NSS_BUFLEN_GROUP 1024
117 # endif
119 /* Reentrant versions of some of the functions above.
121 PLEASE NOTE: the `getgrent_r' function is not (yet) standardized.
122 The interface may change in later versions of this library. But
123 the interface is designed following the principals used for the
124 other reentrant functions so the chances are good this is what the
125 POSIX people would choose.
127 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
128 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
129 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
130 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
132 # ifdef __USE_GNU
133 extern int getgrent_r (struct group *__restrict __resultbuf,
134 char *__restrict __buffer, size_t __buflen,
135 struct group **__restrict __result);
136 # endif
138 /* Search for an entry with a matching group ID.
140 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
141 marked with __THROW. */
142 extern int getgrgid_r (__gid_t __gid, struct group *__restrict __resultbuf,
143 char *__restrict __buffer, size_t __buflen,
144 struct group **__restrict __result);
146 /* Search for an entry with a matching group name.
148 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
149 marked with __THROW. */
150 extern int getgrnam_r (__const char *__restrict __name,
151 struct group *__restrict __resultbuf,
152 char *__restrict __buffer, size_t __buflen,
153 struct group **__restrict __result);
155 # ifdef __USE_SVID
156 /* Read a group entry from STREAM. This function is not standardized
157 an probably never will.
159 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
160 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
161 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
162 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
163 extern int fgetgrent_r (FILE *__restrict __stream,
164 struct group *__restrict __resultbuf,
165 char *__restrict __buffer, size_t __buflen,
166 struct group **__restrict __result);
167 # endif
169 #endif /* POSIX or reentrant */
172 #ifdef __USE_BSD
174 # define __need_size_t
175 # include <stddef.h>
177 /* Set the group set for the current user to GROUPS (N of them). */
178 extern int setgroups (size_t __n, __const __gid_t *__groups) __THROW;
180 /* Store at most *NGROUPS members of the group set for USER into
181 *GROUPS. Also include GROUP. The actual number of groups found is
182 returned in *NGROUPS. Return -1 if the if *NGROUPS is too small.
184 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
185 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
186 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
187 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
188 extern int getgrouplist (__const char *__user, __gid_t __group,
189 __gid_t *__groups, int *__ngroups);
191 /* Initialize the group set for the current user
192 by reading the group database and using all groups
193 of which USER is a member. Also include GROUP.
195 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
196 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
197 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
198 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
199 extern int initgroups (__const char *__user, __gid_t __group);
201 #endif /* Use BSD. */
203 __END_DECLS
205 #endif /* grp.h */