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/// MentOS, The Mentoring Operating system project
/// @file grp.h
/// @brief Defines the structures and functions for managing groups.
/// @copyright (c) 2014-2021 This file is distributed under the MIT License.
/// See LICENSE.md for details.
#pragma once
#include "stddef.h"
/// Maximum number of users per group
#define MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP 64
///@brief Contains user group informations
typedef struct group{
char* gr_name; // the name of the group
gid_t gr_gid; // numerical group ID
char* gr_passwd; // password
//pointer to a null-terminated array of character pointers to member names
char* gr_mem[MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP + 1];
} group;
///@brief Provides access to the group database entry for `uid`.
///@param gid The gid to search inside the database.
///@return A pointer to the structure containing the database entry.
struct group* getgrgid(gid_t gid);
///@brief Provides access to the group database entry for `name`.
///@param name The name to search inside the database.
///@return A pointer to the structure containing the database entry.
struct group* getgrnam(const char* name);
///@brief Provides the same information as getgrgid but it stores the
/// results inside group, and the string information are store store
/// inside `buf`.
///@param gid The uid to search inside the database.
///@param group The structure containing pointers to the entry fields.
///@param buf The buffer where the strings should be stored.
///@param buflen The lenght of the buffer.
///@param result A pointer to the result or NULL is stored here.
///@return If the entry was found returns zero and set *result to group,
/// if the entry was not found returns zero and set *result to NULL,
/// on failure returns a number and sets and set *result to NULL.
int getgrgid_r(gid_t gid, struct group* group, char* buf, size_t buflen, struct group ** result);
///@brief Provides the same information as getgrnam but it stores the
/// results inside group, and the string information are store store
/// inside `buf`.
///@param name The name to search inside the database.
///@param group The structure containing pointers to the entry fields.
///@param buf The buffer where the strings should be stored.
///@param buflen The lenght of the buffer.
///@param result A pointer to the result or NULL is stored here.
///@return If the entry was found returns zero and set *result to group,
/// if the entry was not found returns zero and set *result to NULL,
/// on failure returns a number and sets and set *result to NULL.
int getgrnam_r(const char* name, struct group* group, char* buf, size_t buflen, struct group** result);
///@brief Returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken-out
/// fields of an entry in the group database.
/// When first called returns a pointer to a group structure
/// containing the first entry in the group database.
/// Thereafter, it returns a pointer to a group structure
/// containing the next group structure in the group database,
/// so successive calls may be used to search the entire database.
struct group* getgrent(void);
///@brief Rewinds the group database to allow repeated searches.
void endgrent(void);
///@brief May be called to close the group database when processing is complete.
void setgrent(void);