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.