NAME

       group_member - test whether a process is in a group

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int group_member(gid_t gid);

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

       group_member(): _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  group_member()  function  tests  whether any of the caller's supplementary group IDs (as returned by
       getgroups(2)) matches gid.

RETURN VALUE

       The group_member() function returns nonzero if any of the caller's supplementary group IDs  matches  gid,
       and zero otherwise.

CONFORMING TO

       This function is a nonstandard GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

       getgid(2), getgroups(2), getgrouplist(3), group(5)

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