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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt GETNETGRENT 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm getnetgrent ,
40.Nm innetgr ,
41.Nm setnetgrent ,
42.Nm endnetgrent
43.Nd netgroup database operations
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Ft int
46.Fn getnetgrent "char **host" "char **user" "char **domain"
47.Ft int
48.Fn innetgr "const char *netgroup" "const char *host" "const char *user" "const char *domain"
49.Ft void
50.Fn setnetgrent "const char *netgroup"
51.Ft void
52.Fn endnetgrent void
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54These functions operate on the netgroup database file
55.Pa /etc/netgroup
56which is described
57in
58.Xr netgroup 5 .
59The database defines a set of netgroups, each made up of one or more triples:
60.Bd -literal -offset indent
61(host, user, domain)
62.Ed
63that defines a combination of host, user and domain.
64Any of the three fields may be specified as ``wildcards'' that match any
65string.
66.Pp
67The function
68.Fn getnetgrent
69sets the three pointer arguments to the strings of the next member of the
70current netgroup.
71If any of the string pointers are
72.Sy (char *)0
73that field is considered a wildcard.
74.Pp
75The functions
76.Fn setnetgrent
77and
78.Fn endnetgrent
79set the current netgroup and terminate the current netgroup respectively.
80If
81.Fn setnetgrent
82is called with a different netgroup than the previous call, an implicit
83.Fn endnetgrent
84is implied.
85.Fn Setnetgrent
86also sets the offset to the first member of the netgroup.
87.Pp
88The function
89.Fn innetgr
90searches for a match of all fields within the specified group.
91If any of the
92.Sy host ,
93.Sy user ,
94or
95.Sy domain
96arguments are
97.Sy (char *)0
98those fields will match any string value in the netgroup member.
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100The function
101.Fn getnetgrent
102returns 0 for ``no more netgroup members'' and 1 otherwise.
103The function
104.Fn innetgr
105returns 1 for a successful match and 0 otherwise.
106The functions
107.Fn setnetgrent
108and
109.Fn endnetgrent
110have no return value.
111.Sh FILES
112.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup -compact
113.It Pa /etc/netgroup
114netgroup database file
115.El
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr netgroup 5
118.Sh COMPATIBILITY
119The netgroup members have three string fields to maintain compatibility
120with other vendor implementations, however it is not obvious what use the
121.Sy domain
122string has within BSD.
123.Sh BUGS
124The function
125.Fn getnetgrent
126returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are freed when
127the function
128.Fn endnetgrent
129is called.
130