1 /* Copyright (C) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
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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. */
31 initgroups (user
, group
)
35 #if defined (NGROUPS_MAX) && NGROUPS_MAX == 0
37 /* No extra groups allowed. */
42 struct group grpbuf
, *g
;
43 size_t buflen
= sysconf (_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
);
49 # define limit NGROUPS_MAX
53 long int limit
= sysconf (_SC_NGROUPS_MAX
);
58 /* No fixed limit on groups. Pick a starting buffer size. */
62 groups
= __alloca (ngroups
* sizeof *groups
);
63 tmpbuf
= __alloca (buflen
);
70 while (__getgrent_r (&grpbuf
, tmpbuf
, buflen
, &g
) >= 0)
71 if (g
->gr_gid
!= group
)
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
);
87 groups
[n
++] = g
->gr_gid
;
90 /* Can't take any more groups; stop searching. */
99 return setgroups (n
, groups
);