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GETGROUPLIST(3)	       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual	       GETGROUPLIST(3)

NAME
     getgrouplist -- calculate group access list

LIBRARY
     Standard C	Library	(libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     getgrouplist(const	char *name, gid_t basegid, gid_t *groups,
	 int *ngroups);

DESCRIPTION
     The getgrouplist()	function reads through the group file and calculates
     the group access list for the user	specified in name.  The	basegid	is au-
     tomatically included in the groups	list.  Typically this value is given
     as	the group number from the password file.

     The resulting group list is returned in the array pointed to by groups.
     The caller	specifies the size of the groups array in the integer pointed
     to	by ngroups; the	actual number of groups	found is returned in ngroups.

RETURN VALUES
     The getgrouplist()	function returns 0 on success and -1 if	the size of
     the group list is too small to hold all the user's	groups.	 Here, the
     group array will be filled	with as	many groups as will fit.

FILES
     /etc/group	 group membership list

SEE ALSO
     setgroups(2), initgroups(3)

HISTORY
     The getgrouplist()	function first appeared	in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD	13.0		       October 26, 2014			  FreeBSD 13.0

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