DPNS_GETGRPMAP

Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2007/12/13 06:15:14 $
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NAME

dpns_getgrpmap - get all existing groups from virtual gid table  

SYNOPSIS

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

int dpns_getgrpmap (int *nbentries, struct dpns_groupinfo **grp_entries)  

DESCRIPTION

dpns_getgrpmap gets all the existing groups from the virtual gid table.
nbentries
will be set to the number of entries in the array of group infos.
grp_entries
will be set to the address of an array of dpns_groupinfo structures allocated by the API. The client application is responsible for freeing the array when not needed anymore.

This function requires ADMIN privilege.  

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

EACCES
The caller does not have ADMIN privilege.
ENOMEM
Memory could not be allocated for unmarshalling the reply.
EFAULT
nbentries or grp_entries is a NULL pointer.
SENOSHOST
Host unknown.
SENOSSERV
Service unknown.
SECOMERR
Communication error.
ENSNACT
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.