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1 /* Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #include <alloca.h>
20 #include <unistd.h>
21 #include <string.h>
22 #include <grp.h>
23 #include <limits.h>
24 #include <sys/types.h>
27 /* Initialize the group set for the current user
28 by reading the group database and using all groups
29 of which USER is a member. Also include GROUP. */
30 int
31 initgroups (user, group)
32 const char *user;
33 gid_t group;
35 #if defined (NGROUPS_MAX) && NGROUPS_MAX == 0
37 /* No extra groups allowed. */
38 return 0;
40 #else
42 struct group grpbuf, *g;
43 size_t buflen = sysconf (_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
44 char *tmpbuf;
45 register size_t n;
46 size_t ngroups;
47 gid_t *groups;
48 #ifdef NGROUPS_MAX
49 # define limit NGROUPS_MAX
51 ngroups = limit;
52 #else
53 long int limit = sysconf (_SC_NGROUPS_MAX);
55 if (limit > 0)
56 ngroups = limit;
57 else
58 /* No fixed limit on groups. Pick a starting buffer size. */
59 ngroups = 16;
60 #endif
62 groups = __alloca (ngroups * sizeof *groups);
63 tmpbuf = __alloca (buflen);
65 setgrent ();
67 n = 0;
68 groups[n++] = group;
70 while (__getgrent_r (&grpbuf, tmpbuf, buflen, &g) >= 0)
71 if (g->gr_gid != group)
73 register char **m;
75 for (m = g->gr_mem; *m != NULL; ++m)
76 if (strcmp (*m, user) == 0)
78 /* Matches user. Insert this group. */
79 if (n == ngroups && limit <= 0)
81 /* Need a bigger buffer. */
82 groups = memcpy (__alloca (ngroups * 2 * sizeof *groups),
83 groups, ngroups * sizeof *groups);
84 ngroups *= 2;
87 groups[n++] = g->gr_gid;
89 if (n == limit)
90 /* Can't take any more groups; stop searching. */
91 goto done;
93 break;
96 done:
97 endgrent ();
99 return setgroups (n, groups);
100 #endif