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1 /* group-member.c -- determine whether group id is in calling user's group list
2 Copyright (C) 1994, 1997, 1998 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 Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 #if 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 #if 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 #if HAVE_GETGROUPS
46 static void
47 free_group_info (struct group_info *g)
49 free (g->group);
50 free (g);
53 static struct group_info *
54 get_group_info (void)
56 int n_groups;
57 int n_group_slots;
58 struct group_info *gi;
59 GETGROUPS_T *group;
61 /* getgroups () returns the number of elements that it was able to
62 place into the array. We simply continue to call getgroups ()
63 until the number of elements placed into the array is smaller than
64 the physical size of the array. */
66 group = NULL;
67 n_groups = 0;
68 n_group_slots = 0;
69 while (n_groups == n_group_slots)
71 n_group_slots += 64;
72 group = (GETGROUPS_T *) xrealloc (group,
73 n_group_slots * sizeof (GETGROUPS_T));
74 n_groups = getgroups (n_group_slots, group);
77 /* In case of error, the user loses. */
78 if (n_groups < 0)
80 free (group);
81 return NULL;
84 gi = (struct group_info *) xmalloc (sizeof (*gi));
85 gi->n_groups = n_groups;
86 gi->group = group;
88 return gi;
91 #endif /* not HAVE_GETGROUPS */
93 /* Return non-zero if GID is one that we have in our groups list.
94 If there is no getgroups function, return non-zero if GID matches
95 either of the current or effective group IDs. */
97 int
98 group_member (gid_t gid)
100 #ifndef HAVE_GETGROUPS
101 return ((gid == getgid ()) || (gid == getegid ()));
102 #else
103 int i;
104 int found;
105 struct group_info *gi;
107 gi = get_group_info ();
108 if (gi == NULL)
109 return 0;
111 /* Search through the list looking for GID. */
112 found = 0;
113 for (i = 0; i < gi->n_groups; i++)
115 if (gid == gi->group[i])
117 found = 1;
118 break;
122 free_group_info (gi);
124 return found;
125 #endif /* HAVE_GETGROUPS */
128 #ifdef TEST
130 char *program_name;
133 main (int argc, char** argv)
135 int i;
137 program_name = argv[0];
139 for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
141 gid_t gid;
143 gid = atoi (argv[i]);
144 printf ("%d: %s\n", gid, group_member (gid) ? "yes" : "no");
146 exit (0);
149 #endif /* TEST */