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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"
34 #include "xalloc.h"
36 struct group_info
38 int n_groups;
39 GETGROUPS_T *group;
42 #if HAVE_GETGROUPS
44 static void
45 free_group_info (struct group_info *g)
47 free (g->group);
48 free (g);
51 static struct group_info *
52 get_group_info (void)
54 int n_groups;
55 int n_group_slots;
56 struct group_info *gi;
57 GETGROUPS_T *group;
59 /* getgroups () returns the number of elements that it was able to
60 place into the array. We simply continue to call getgroups ()
61 until the number of elements placed into the array is smaller than
62 the physical size of the array. */
64 group = NULL;
65 n_groups = 0;
66 n_group_slots = 0;
67 while (n_groups == n_group_slots)
69 n_group_slots += 64;
70 group = (GETGROUPS_T *) xrealloc (group,
71 n_group_slots * sizeof (GETGROUPS_T));
72 n_groups = getgroups (n_group_slots, group);
75 /* In case of error, the user loses. */
76 if (n_groups < 0)
78 free (group);
79 return NULL;
82 gi = (struct group_info *) xmalloc (sizeof (*gi));
83 gi->n_groups = n_groups;
84 gi->group = group;
86 return gi;
89 #endif /* not HAVE_GETGROUPS */
91 /* Return non-zero if GID is one that we have in our groups list.
92 If there is no getgroups function, return non-zero if GID matches
93 either of the current or effective group IDs. */
95 int
96 group_member (gid_t gid)
98 #ifndef HAVE_GETGROUPS
99 return ((gid == getgid ()) || (gid == getegid ()));
100 #else
101 int i;
102 int found;
103 struct group_info *gi;
105 gi = get_group_info ();
106 if (gi == NULL)
107 return 0;
109 /* Search through the list looking for GID. */
110 found = 0;
111 for (i = 0; i < gi->n_groups; i++)
113 if (gid == gi->group[i])
115 found = 1;
116 break;
120 free_group_info (gi);
122 return found;
123 #endif /* HAVE_GETGROUPS */
126 #ifdef TEST
128 char *program_name;
131 main (int argc, char** argv)
133 int i;
135 program_name = argv[0];
137 for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
139 gid_t gid;
141 gid = atoi (argv[i]);
142 printf ("%d: %s\n", gid, group_member (gid) ? "yes" : "no");
144 exit (0);
147 #endif /* TEST */