NAME
lfc_getgrpbynam - get virtual gid associated with a given group name
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include "lfc_api.h"
int lfc_getgrpbynam (char *groupname, gid_t *gid)
DESCRIPTION
lfc_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.