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31.Dd June 5, 2016
32.Dt GETNETGRENT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm getnetgrent ,
36.Nm innetgr ,
37.Nm setnetgrent ,
38.Nm endnetgrent
39.Nd netgroup database operations
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In netdb.h
44.Ft int
45.Fn getnetgrent "char **host" "char **user" "char **domain"
46.Ft int
47.Fn getnetgrent_r "char **host" "char **user" "char **domain" "char *buf" "size_t bufsize"
48.Ft int
49.Fn innetgr "const char *netgroup" "const char *host" "const char *user" "const char *domain"
50.Ft void
51.Fn setnetgrent "const char *netgroup"
52.Ft void
53.Fn endnetgrent void
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55These functions operate on the netgroup database file
56.Pa /etc/netgroup
57which is described
58in
59.Xr netgroup 5 .
60The database defines a set of netgroups, each made up of one or more triples:
61.Bd -literal -offset indent
62(host, user, domain)
63.Ed
64that defines a combination of host, user and domain.
65Any of the three fields may be specified as ``wildcards'' that match any
66string.
67.Pp
68The function
69.Fn getnetgrent
70sets the three pointer arguments to the strings of the next member of the
71current netgroup.
72If any of the string pointers are
73.Dv NULL
74that field is considered a wildcard.
75.Pp
76The functions
77.Fn setnetgrent
78and
79.Fn endnetgrent
80set the current netgroup and terminate the current netgroup respectively.
81If
82.Fn setnetgrent
83is called with a different netgroup than the previous call, an implicit
84.Fn endnetgrent
85is implied.
86The
87.Fn setnetgrent
88function
89also sets the offset to the first member of the netgroup.
90.Pp
91The function
92.Fn innetgr
93searches for a match of all fields within the specified group.
94If any of the
95.Sy host ,
96.Sy user ,
97or
98.Sy domain
99arguments are
100.Dv NULL
101those fields will match any string value in the netgroup member.
102.Sh RETURN VALUES
103The function
104.Fn getnetgrent
105returns 0 for ``no more netgroup members'' and 1 otherwise.
106The function
107.Fn innetgr
108returns 1 for a successful match and 0 otherwise.
109The functions
110.Fn setnetgrent
111and
112.Fn endnetgrent
113have no return value.
114.Sh FILES
115.Bl -tag -width /etc/netgroup -compact
116.It Pa /etc/netgroup
117netgroup database file
118.El
119.Sh COMPATIBILITY
120The netgroup members have three string fields to maintain compatibility
121with other vendor implementations, however it is not obvious what use the
122.Sy domain
123string has within
124.Bx .
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr netgroup 5
127.Sh BUGS
128The function
129.Fn getnetgrent
130returns pointers to dynamically allocated data areas that are freed when
131the function
132.Fn endnetgrent
133is called.
134