getgrnam (3)

NAME

       getgrnam, getgrgid - get group file entry

SYNOPSIS

       #include <grp.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       struct group *getgrnam(const char *name);

       struct group *getgrgid(gid_t gid);

DESCRIPTION

       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 <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  getgrnam()  and  getgrgid() functions return the group information
       structure, or NULL if the matching entry  is  not  found  or  an  error
       occurs.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate group information structure.

FILES

       /etc/group
              Group database file

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

       fgetgrent(3), getgrent(3), setgrent(3), endgrent(3)

GNU                               1993-04-04                       getgrnam(3)