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.