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 <grp.h> 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.
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