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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-11-01 05:44:29 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-11-01 05:44:29 +0000
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+/* getugroups.c -- return a list of the groups a user is in
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 Free Software Foundation.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+/* Written by David MacKenzie. */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Even though SunOS 4, Ultrix 4, and 386BSD are mostly POSIX.1 compliant,
+ their getgroups system call (except in the `System V' environment, which
+ is troublesome in other ways) fills in an array of int, not gid_t
+ (which is `short' on those systems). We do the same, for consistency.
+ Kludge, kludge. */
+
+#ifdef _POSIX_VERSION
+#if !defined(sun) && !defined(ultrix) && !defined(__386BSD__)
+#define GETGROUPS_T gid_t
+#else /* sun or ultrix or 386BSD */
+#define GETGROUPS_T int
+#endif /* sun or ultrix or 386BSD */
+#else /* not _POSIX_VERSION */
+#define GETGROUPS_T int
+#endif /* not _POSIX_VERSION */
+
+/* setgrent, getgrent, and endgrent are not specified by POSIX.1,
+ so header files might not declare them.
+ If you don't have them at all, we can't implement this function.
+ You lose! */
+struct group *getgrent ();
+
+#if defined(USG) || defined(STDC_HEADERS)
+#include <string.h>
+#else
+#include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Like `getgroups', but for user USERNAME instead of for
+ the current process. */
+
+int
+getugroups (maxcount, grouplist, username)
+ int maxcount;
+ GETGROUPS_T *grouplist;
+ char *username;
+{
+ struct group *grp;
+ register char **cp;
+ register int count = 0;
+
+ setgrent ();
+ while ((grp = getgrent ()) != 0)
+ for (cp = grp->gr_mem; *cp; ++cp)
+ if (!strcmp (username, *cp))
+ {
+ if (maxcount != 0)
+ {
+ if (count >= maxcount)
+ {
+ endgrent ();
+ return count;
+ }
+ grouplist[count] = grp->gr_gid;
+ }
+ count++;
+ }
+ endgrent ();
+ return count;
+}