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GETGRENT(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               GETGRENT(3)



 

NAME


       getgrent, setgrent, endgrent - get group file entry

 

SYNOPSIS


       #include 
       #include 

       struct group *getgrent(void);

       void setgrent(void);

       void endgrent(void);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       getgrent(), setgrent(), endgrent(): _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE ||
       _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

 

DESCRIPTION






       The getgrent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the
       broken-out  fields  of  a record in the group database (e.g., the local
       group file /etc/group, NIS, and LDAP).  The first time it is called  it
       returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries.

       The setgrent() function rewinds to the beginning of the group database,
       to allow repeated scans.

       The endgrent() function is used to close the group database  after  all
       processing has been performed.

       The group structure is defined in  as follows:

           struct group {
               char   *gr_name;       /* group name */
               char   *gr_passwd;     /* group password */
               gid_t   gr_gid;        /* group ID */
               char  **gr_mem;        /* group members */
           };

 

RETURN VALUE


       The getgrent() function returns a pointer to a group structure, or NULL
       if there are no more entries or an error occurs.

       Upon error, errno may be set.  If one wants to check  errno  after  the
       call, it should be set to zero before the call.

 

ERRORS


       EINTR  A signal was caught.

       EIO    I/O error.

       EMFILE The calling process already has too many open files.

       ENFILE Too many open files in the system.

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group structure.

       ERANGE Insufficient buffer space supplied.

 

FILES


       /etc/group
              local group database file

 

CONFORMING TO


       SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

 

SEE ALSO


       fgetgrent(3), getgrent_r(3), getgrgid(3), getgrnam(3), getgrouplist(3),
       putgrent(3)

 

COLOPHON


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                                  2007-07-26                       GETGRENT(3)