freebsd-nq/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.3

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.Dd October 26, 2014
.Dt INITGROUPS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm initgroups
.Nd initialize group access list
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In unistd.h
.Ft int
.Fn initgroups "const char *name" "gid_t basegid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn initgroups
function
uses the
.Xr getgrouplist 3
function to calculate the group access list for the user
specified in
.Fa name .
This group list is then setup for the current process using
.Xr setgroups 2 .
The
.Fa basegid
is automatically included in the groups list.
Typically this value is given as
the group number from the password file.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std initgroups
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn initgroups
function may fail and set
.Va errno
for any of the errors specified for the library function
.Xr setgroups 2 .
It may also return:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er ENOMEM
The
.Fn initgroups
function was unable to allocate temporary storage.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setgroups 2 ,
.Xr getgrouplist 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn initgroups
function appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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			`.\" @(#)initgroups.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93`
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00			`.\" $FreeBSD$`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.\"`
getgrouplist(3) was reimplemented in terms of getgrent_r(3) in r174547, so this bug is no longer valid. MFC after: 3 days 2014-10-27 04:09:23 +00:00			`.Dd October 26, 2014`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Dt INITGROUPS 3`
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call. 2001-07-10 13:41:46 +00:00			`.Os`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm initgroups`
			`.Nd initialize group access list`
Introduce ".Lb" macro to libc manpages. More libraries manpages updates following. 2000-04-21 09:42:15 +00:00			`.Sh LIBRARY`
			`.Lb libc`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh SYNOPSIS`
mdoc(7) police: Use the new .In macro for #include statements. 2001-10-01 16:09:29 +00:00			`.In unistd.h`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Ft int`
Use the proper type (gid_t) for (group)->gr_gid to be orthogonal with uid_t usage and (user)->pw_uid. PR: 3242 2002-01-22 17:32:53 +00:00			`.Fn initgroups "const char *name" "gid_t basegid"`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
			`The`
			`.Fn initgroups`
			`function`
			`uses the`
			`.Xr getgrouplist 3`
			`function to calculate the group access list for the user`
			`specified in`
			`.Fa name .`
			`This group list is then setup for the current process using`
			`.Xr setgroups 2 .`
			`The`
			`.Fa basegid`
			`is automatically included in the groups list.`
			`Typically this value is given as`
			`the group number from the password file.`
			`.Sh RETURN VALUES`
Do not write warning messages on stderr - a caller is expected to check the return code and errno instead. Those warnings did not do any good for daemonized users of initgroups(3), and confused cvs clients that communicated with non-root cvs pserver. The committed fix differs from the one suggested in the PR, and was submitted by ru. PR: 15421 Approved by: markm Discussed on: -stable, -current at various times 2001-11-28 10:55:02 +00:00			`.Rv -std initgroups`
			`.Sh ERRORS`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`The`
			`.Fn initgroups`
Do not write warning messages on stderr - a caller is expected to check the return code and errno instead. Those warnings did not do any good for daemonized users of initgroups(3), and confused cvs clients that communicated with non-root cvs pserver. The committed fix differs from the one suggested in the PR, and was submitted by ru. PR: 15421 Approved by: markm Discussed on: -stable, -current at various times 2001-11-28 10:55:02 +00:00			`function may fail and set`
			`.Va errno`
			`for any of the errors specified for the library function`
			`.Xr setgroups 2 .`
In preparation for raising NGROUPS and NGROUPS_MAX, change base system callers of getgroups(), getgrouplist(), and setgroups() to allocate buffers dynamically. Specifically, allocate a buffer of size sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX)+1 (+2 in a few cases to allow for overflow). This (or similar gymnastics) is required for the code to actually follow the POSIX.1-2008 specification where {NGROUPS_MAX} may differ at runtime and where getgroups may return {NGROUPS_MAX}+1 results on systems like FreeBSD which include the primary group. In id(1), don't pointlessly add the primary group to the list of all groups, it is always the first result from getgroups(). In principle the old code was more portable, but this was only done in one of the two places where getgroups() was called to the overall effect was pointless. Document the actual POSIX requirements in the getgroups(2) and setgroups(2) manpages. We do not yet support a dynamic NGROUPS, but we may in the future. MFC after: 2 weeks 2009-06-19 15:58:24 +00:00			`It may also return:`
			`.Bl -tag -width Er`
			`.It Bq Er ENOMEM`
			`The`
			`.Fn initgroups`
			`function was unable to allocate temporary storage.`
			`.El`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh SEE ALSO`
			`.Xr setgroups 2 ,`
			`.Xr getgrouplist 3`
			`.Sh HISTORY`
			`The`
Speeling fix. 1996-12-22 02:14:56 +00:00			`.Fn initgroups`
Whitespace only change: trim trailing whitespace. 2000-10-30 13:23:19 +00:00			`function appeared in`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Bx 4.2 .`