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GNU Info (libc.info)Database ExampleUser and Group Database Example =============================== Here is an example program showing the use of the system database inquiry functions. The program prints some information about the user running the program. #include <grp.h> #include <pwd.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (void) { uid_t me; struct passwd *my_passwd; struct group *my_group; char **members; /* Get information about the user ID. */ me = getuid (); my_passwd = getpwuid (me); if (!my_passwd) { printf ("Couldn't find out about user %d.\n", (int) me); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Print the information. */ printf ("I am %s.\n", my_passwd->pw_gecos); printf ("My login name is %s.\n", my_passwd->pw_name); printf ("My uid is %d.\n", (int) (my_passwd->pw_uid)); printf ("My home directory is %s.\n", my_passwd->pw_dir); printf ("My default shell is %s.\n", my_passwd->pw_shell); /* Get information about the default group ID. */ my_group = getgrgid (my_passwd->pw_gid); if (!my_group) { printf ("Couldn't find out about group %d.\n", (int) my_passwd->pw_gid); exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Print the information. */ printf ("My default group is %s (%d).\n", my_group->gr_name, (int) (my_passwd->pw_gid)); printf ("The members of this group are:\n"); members = my_group->gr_mem; while (*members) { printf (" %s\n", *(members)); members++; } return EXIT_SUCCESS; } Here is some output from this program: I am Throckmorton Snurd. My login name is snurd. My uid is 31093. My home directory is /home/fsg/snurd. My default shell is /bin/sh. My default group is guest (12). The members of this group are: friedman tami automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |