GETGRNAM
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE ERRORS FILES CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO
getgrnam, getgrgid - get group file entry
#include name); struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid);
The getgrnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the group name name.
The getgrgid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the group information from /etc/group for the entry that matches the group gid gid.
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 */ };
The getgrnam() and getgrgid() functions return the group information structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found or an error occurs.
ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.
/etc/group
Group database file
SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3
fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3)
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