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Name

group_member - test whether a process is in a group

Synopsis

#include <unistd.h>

int group_member(gid_t gid);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7) ):

group_member(): _GNU_SOURCE

Description

The group_member() function tests whether any of the caller’s supplementary group IDs (as returned by getgroups(2) ) matches gid.

Return Value

The group_member() function returns nonzero if any of the caller’s supplementary group IDs matches gid, and zero otherwise.

Conforming to

This function is a nonstandard GNU extension.

See Also

getgid(2) , getgroups(2) , getgrouplist(3) , group(5)

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