NAME

       setnetgrent, endnetgrent, getnetgrent, getnetgrent_r, innetgr - handle network group entries

SYNOPSIS

       #include <netdb.h>

       int setnetgrent(const char *netgroup);

       void endnetgrent(void);

       int getnetgrent(char **host, char **user, char **domain);

       int getnetgrent_r(char **host, char **user,
                         char **domain, char *buf, int buflen);

       int innetgr(const char *netgroup, const char *host,
                   const char *user, const char *domain);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       setnetgrent(), endnetgrent(), getnetgrent(), getnetgrent_r(), innetgr(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  netgroup is a SunOS invention.  A netgroup database is a list of string triples (hostname, username,
       domainname) or other netgroup names.  Any of the elements in a triple can  be  empty,  which  means  that
       anything  matches.   The  functions  described  here  allow  access  to the netgroup databases.  The file
       /etc/nsswitch.conf defines what database is searched.

       The setnetgrent() call defines the netgroup that will be searched by subsequent getnetgrent() calls.  The
       getnetgrent() function retrieves the next netgroup entry, and returns pointers in host, user, domain.   A
       NULL  pointer means that the corresponding entry matches any string.  The pointers are valid only as long
       as there is no call to other netgroup-related functions.  To avoid this  problem  you  can  use  the  GNU
       function  getnetgrent_r()  that stores the strings in the supplied buffer.  To free all allocated buffers
       use endnetgrent().

       In most cases you want to check only if the triplet (hostname, username, domainname) is  a  member  of  a
       netgroup.  The function innetgr() can be used for this without calling the above three functions.  Again,
       a NULL pointer is a wildcard and matches any string.  The function is thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE

       These functions return 1 on success and 0 for failure.

FILES

       /etc/netgroup
       /etc/nsswitch.conf

CONFORMING TO

       These  functions  are not in POSIX.1-2001, but setnetgrent(), endnetgrent(), getnetgrent(), and innetgr()
       are available on most UNIX systems.  getnetgrent_r() is not widely available on other systems.

NOTES

       In the BSD implementation, setnetgrent() returns void.

SEE ALSO

       sethostent(3), setprotoent(3), setservent(3)

COLOPHON

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       information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                                                2007-07-26                                     SETNETGRENT(3)