DPNS_GETGRPBYNAM
Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2005/10/19 11:30:57 $
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NAME
dpns_getgrpbynam - get virtual gid associated with a given group name
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"
int dpns_getgrpbynam (char *groupname,
gid_t *gid)
DESCRIPTION
dpns_getgrpbynam
gets the virtual gid associated with a given group name.
- groupname
-
specifies the group name.
It must be at most 255 characters long.
- gid
-
specifies the address of a buffer to receive the Virtual Group Id.
RETURN VALUE
This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation
failed. In the latter case,
serrno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EFAULT
-
groupname
or
gid
is a NULL pointer.
- EINVAL
-
This group name does not exist in the internal mapping table or the length of
groupname
exceeds 255.
- SENOSHOST
-
Host unknown.
- SENOSSERV
-
Service unknown.
- SECOMERR
-
Communication error.
- ENSNACT
-
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.