.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
.TH "GETGRNAM" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
.\" getgrnam 
.SH PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
.SH NAME
getgrnam, getgrnam_r \- search group database for a name
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB#include <grp.h>
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struct group *getgrnam(const char *\fP\fIname\fP\fB);
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\fBint getgrnam_r(const char *\fP\fIname\fP\fB, struct group *\fP\fIgrp\fP\fB,
char
*\fP\fIbuffer\fP\fB,
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\ \ \ \ \ \  size_t\fP \fIbufsize\fP\fB, struct group **\fP\fIresult\fP\fB);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall search the group database for
an entry with a matching \fIname\fP.
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The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function need not be reentrant. A function that
is not required to be reentrant is not required to be
thread-safe.
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The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function shall update the \fBgroup\fP structure
pointed to by \fIgrp\fP and store a pointer to that
structure at the location pointed to by \fIresult\fP. The structure
shall contain an entry from the group database with a matching
\fIgid\fP or \fIname\fP. Storage referenced by the \fBgroup\fP structure
is allocated from the memory provided with the
\fIbuffer\fP parameter, which is \fIbufsize\fP bytes in size. The
maximum size needed for this buffer can be determined with the
{_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX} \fIsysconf\fP() parameter. A NULL pointer is
returned at the
location pointed to by \fIresult\fP on error or if the requested entry
is not found. 
.SH RETURN VALUE
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The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall return a pointer to a \fBstruct
group\fP with the structure defined in \fI<grp.h>\fP with a matching
entry if one is found. The \fIgetgrnam\fP() function shall
return a null pointer if either the requested entry was not found,
or an error occurred. On error, \fIerrno\fP shall be set to
indicate the error.
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The return value may point to a static area which is overwritten by
a subsequent call to \fIgetgrent\fP(), \fIgetgrgid\fP(), or
\fIgetgrnam\fP().
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If successful, the \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function shall return zero;
otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the
error. 
.SH ERRORS
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The \fIgetgrnam\fP() and \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() functions may fail if:
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.B EIO
An I/O error has occurred.
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.B EINTR
A signal was caught during \fIgetgrnam\fP().
.TP 7
.B EMFILE
{OPEN_MAX} file descriptors are currently open in the calling process.
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.B ENFILE
The maximum allowable number of files is currently open in the system.
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The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function may fail if:
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.B ERANGE
Insufficient storage was supplied via \fIbuffer\fP and \fIbufsize\fP
to contain the data to be referenced by the resulting
\fBgroup\fP structure. 
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\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
.SH EXAMPLES
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None.
.SH APPLICATION USAGE
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Applications wishing to check for error situations should set \fIerrno\fP
to 0 before calling \fIgetgrnam\fP(). If
\fIerrno\fP is set on return, an error occurred.
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The \fIgetgrnam_r\fP() function is thread-safe and shall return values
in a user-supplied buffer instead of possibly using a
static data area that may be overwritten by each call.
.SH RATIONALE
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None.
.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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None.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIendgrent\fP(), \fIgetgrgid\fP(), the Base Definitions volume
of
IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<grp.h>\fP, \fI<limits.h>\fP, \fI<sys/types.h>\fP
.SH COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .