group_member(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | STANDARDS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

group_member(3)          Library Functions Manual         group_member(3)

NAME         top

       group_member - test whether a process is in a group

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <unistd.h>

       int group_member(gid_t gid);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
   feature_test_macros(7)):

       group_member():
           _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       The group_member() function tests whether any of the caller's
       supplementary group IDs (as returned by getgroups(2)) matches gid.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The group_member() function returns nonzero if any of the caller's
       supplementary group IDs matches gid, and zero otherwise.

STANDARDS         top

       GNU.

SEE ALSO         top

       getgid(2), getgroups(2), getgrouplist(3), group(5)

COLOPHON         top

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