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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PCRED 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pcred
19.Nd obtain process credentials
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft int
24.Fo Pcred
25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
26.Fa "prcred_t *pcrp"
27.Fa "int ngroups"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn Pcred
32function obtains the credentials of the process from the handle
33.Fa P .
34.Pp
35The credentials are read into the buffer pointed to by
36.Fa pcrp .
37The
38.Sy prcred_t
39type is defined in
40.Xr proc 4 .
41It contains information about the current effective, saved, and real
42user and group IDs.
43It also allows for supplemental groups to be obtained.
44The
45.Fn Pcred
46function will read a number of supplemental groups based on the value of
47.Fa ngroups .
48The
49.Sy prcred_t
50structure only contains the space for one supplemental group by default.
51Callers should ensure that the buffer pointed to by
52.Fa pcrp
53contains enough space to include all of the required supplemental
54groups that are desired.
55.Pp
56Not all process handles have credential information available to them.
57For example, the handles that come from
58.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC
59have no processes associated with them and thus have no credentials
60associated with them.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62Upon successful completion, the
63.Fn Pcred
64function returns
65.Sy 0
66and updates the memory at
67.Fa pcrp
68with the credentials.
69Otherwise,
70.Sy -1
71is returned to indicate an error.
72.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
73.Sy Uncommitted
74.Sh MT-LEVEL
75See
76.Sy LOCKING
77in
78.Xr libproc 3LIB .
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
81.Xr Psetcred 3PROC ,
82.Xr proc 4
83