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26 .\" Linux libc source code
27 .\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
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33 .TH GETGRNAM 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
35 getgrnam, getgrnam_r, getgrgid, getgrgid_r \- get group file entry
38 .B #include <sys/types.h>
41 .BI "struct group *getgrnam(const char *" name );
42 .BI "struct group *getgrgid(gid_t " gid );
44 .BI "int getgrnam_r(const char *restrict " name \
45 ", struct group *restrict " grp ,
46 .BI " char *restrict " buf ", size_t " buflen ,
47 .BI " struct group **restrict " result );
48 .BI "int getgrgid_r(gid_t " gid ", struct group *restrict " grp ,
49 .BI " char *restrict " buf ", size_t " buflen ,
50 .BI " struct group **restrict " result );
54 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
55 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
62 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
67 function returns a pointer to a structure containing
68 the broken-out fields of the record in the group database
69 (e.g., the local group file
72 that matches the group name
77 function returns a pointer to a structure containing
78 the broken-out fields of the record in the group database
79 that matches the group ID
82 The \fIgroup\fP structure is defined in \fI<grp.h>\fP as follows:
87 char *gr_name; /* group name */
88 char *gr_passwd; /* group password */
89 gid_t gr_gid; /* group ID */
90 char **gr_mem; /* NULL\-terminated array of pointers
91 to names of group members */
96 For more information about the fields of this structure, see
103 functions obtain the same information as
107 but store the retrieved
110 in the space pointed to by
112 The string fields pointed to by the members of the
114 structure are stored in the buffer
118 A pointer to the result (in case of success) or NULL (in case no entry
119 was found or an error occurred) is stored in
124 sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX)
126 returns either \-1, without changing
128 or an initial suggested size for
130 (If this size is too small,
133 in which case the caller can retry with a larger buffer.)
139 functions return a pointer to a
141 structure, or NULL if the matching entry
142 is not found or an error occurs.
145 is set to indicate the error.
146 If one wants to check
148 after the call, it should be set to zero before the call.
150 The return value may point to a static area, and may be overwritten
151 by subsequent calls to
156 (Do not pass the returned pointer to
167 If no matching group record was found,
168 these functions return 0 and store NULL in
170 In case of error, an error number is returned, and NULL is stored in
174 .BR 0 " or " ENOENT " or " ESRCH " or " EBADF " or " EPERM " or ..."
182 A signal was caught; see
189 The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.
192 The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
196 Insufficient memory to allocate
199 .\" to allocate the group structure, or to allocate buffers
202 Insufficient buffer space supplied.
206 local group database file
208 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
216 Interface Attribute Value
220 MT-Unsafe race:grnam locale
225 MT-Unsafe race:grgid locale
230 T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale
236 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
238 The formulation given above under "RETURN VALUE" is from POSIX.1.
239 .\" POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008
240 It does not call "not found" an error, hence does not specify what value
242 might have in this situation.
243 But that makes it impossible to recognize
245 One might argue that according to POSIX
247 should be left unchanged if an entry is not found.
248 Experiments on various
249 UNIX-like systems show that lots of different values occur in this
250 situation: 0, ENOENT, EBADF, ESRCH, EWOULDBLOCK, EPERM, and probably others.
252 .\" AIX 5.1 - gives ESRCH
253 .\" OSF1 4.0g - gives EWOULDBLOCK
254 .\" libc, glibc up to version 2.6, Irix 6.5 - give ENOENT
255 .\" glibc since version 2.7 - give 0
256 .\" FreeBSD 4.8, OpenBSD 3.2, NetBSD 1.6 - give EPERM
257 .\" SunOS 5.8 - gives EBADF
258 .\" Tru64 5.1b, HP-UX-11i, SunOS 5.7 - give 0