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1 /* group-member.c -- determine whether group id is in calling user's group list
2 Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
19 #include <config.h>
20 #endif
22 #include <stdio.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #ifdef STDC_HEADERS
26 #include <stdlib.h>
27 #endif
29 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
30 #include <unistd.h>
31 #endif
33 #include "group-member.h"
35 char *xmalloc ();
36 char *xrealloc ();
38 struct group_info
40 int n_groups;
41 GETGROUPS_T *group;
44 #ifdef HAVE_GETGROUPS
46 static void
47 free_group_info (g)
48 struct group_info *g;
50 free (g->group);
51 free (g);
54 static struct group_info *
55 get_group_info ()
57 int n_groups;
58 int n_group_slots;
59 struct group_info *gi;
60 GETGROUPS_T *group;
62 /* getgroups () returns the number of elements that it was able to
63 place into the array. We simply continue to call getgroups ()
64 until the number of elements placed into the array is smaller than
65 the physical size of the array. */
67 group = NULL;
68 n_groups = 0;
69 n_group_slots = 0;
70 while (n_groups == n_group_slots)
72 n_group_slots += 64;
73 group = (GETGROUPS_T *) xrealloc (group,
74 n_group_slots * sizeof (GETGROUPS_T));
75 n_groups = getgroups (n_group_slots, group);
78 /* In case of error, the user loses. */
79 if (n_groups < 0)
81 free (group);
82 return NULL;
85 gi = (struct group_info *) xmalloc (sizeof (*gi));
86 gi->n_groups = n_groups;
87 gi->group = group;
89 return gi;
92 #endif /* not HAVE_GETGROUPS */
94 /* Return non-zero if GID is one that we have in our groups list.
95 If there is no getgroups function, return non-zero if GID matches
96 either of the current or effective group IDs. */
98 int
99 group_member (gid)
100 gid_t gid;
102 #ifndef HAVE_GETGROUPS
103 return ((gid == getgid ()) || (gid == getegid ()));
104 #else
105 int i;
106 int found;
107 struct group_info *gi;
109 gi = get_group_info ();
110 if (gi == NULL)
111 return 0;
113 /* Search through the list looking for GID. */
114 found = 0;
115 for (i = 0; i < gi->n_groups; i++)
117 if (gid == gi->group[i])
119 found = 1;
120 break;
124 free_group_info (gi);
126 return found;
127 #endif /* HAVE_GETGROUPS */
130 #ifdef TEST
132 char *program_name;
135 main (int argc, char** argv)
137 int i;
139 program_name = argv[0];
141 for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
143 gid_t gid;
145 gid = atoi (argv[i]);
146 printf ("%d: %s\n", gid, group_member (gid) ? "yes" : "no");
148 exit (0);
151 #endif /* TEST */