posix/group_member.c

   1 /* `group_member' -- test if process is in a given group.
   2    Copyright (C) 1995-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4
   5    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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   8    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
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  13    Lesser General Public License for more details.
  14
  15    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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  17    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  18
  19 #include <sys/types.h>
  20 #include <unistd.h>
  21 #include <stdlib.h>
  22 #include <limits.h>
  23
  24 #ifndef NGROUPS_MAX
  25 #define NGROUPS_MAX     16      /* First guess.  */
  26 #endif
  27
  28 int
  29 __group_member (gid)
  30      gid_t gid;
  31 {
  32   int n, size;
  33   gid_t *groups;
  34
  35   size = NGROUPS_MAX;
  36   do
  37     {
  38       groups = __alloca (size * sizeof *groups);
  39       n = __getgroups (size, groups);
  40       size *= 2;
  41     }
  42   while (n == size / 2);
  43
  44   while (n-- > 0)
  45     if (groups[n] == gid)
  46       return 1;
  47
  48   return 0;
  49 }
  50 weak_alias (__group_member, group_member)