DPNS_ENTERGRPMAP

Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2006/01/13 16:22:46 $
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NAME

dpns_entergrpmap - define a new group entry in Virtual Id table

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"

int dpns_entergrpmap (gid_t gid, char *groupname)

dpns_entergrpmap defines a new group entry in Virtual Id table.

gid: specifies the Virtual Group Id. If the value is -1, the next available id is allocated.
groupname: specifies the group name.

This function requires ADMIN privilege.

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.