User and Group ID Services

Defines
#define	apr_uid_compare(left, right)   (((left) == (right)) ? APR_SUCCESS : APR_EMISMATCH)
#define	apr_gid_compare(left, right)   (((left) == (right)) ? APR_SUCCESS : APR_EMISMATCH)
Typedefs
typedef uid_t	apr_uid_t
typedef gid_t	apr_gid_t
Functions
apr_status_t	apr_uid_current (apr_uid_t *userid, apr_gid_t *groupid, apr_pool_t *p)
apr_status_t	apr_uid_name_get (char **username, apr_uid_t userid, apr_pool_t *p)
apr_status_t	apr_uid_get (apr_uid_t *userid, apr_gid_t *groupid, const char *username, apr_pool_t *p)
apr_status_t	apr_uid_homepath_get (char **dirname, const char *username, apr_pool_t *p)
apr_status_t	apr_gid_name_get (char **groupname, apr_gid_t groupid, apr_pool_t *p)
apr_status_t	apr_gid_get (apr_gid_t *groupid, const char *groupname, apr_pool_t *p)

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Define Documentation

#define apr_gid_compare	(		left,
			right
	)		(((left) == (right)) ? APR_SUCCESS : APR_EMISMATCH)

Compare two group identifiers for equality.

Parameters:

left	One gid to test
right	Another gid to test

Returns:

APR_SUCCESS if the apr_gid_t strutures identify the same group, APR_EMISMATCH if not, APR_BADARG if an apr_gid_t is invalid.

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

#define apr_uid_compare	(		left,
			right
	)		(((left) == (right)) ? APR_SUCCESS : APR_EMISMATCH)

Compare two user identifiers for equality.

Parameters:

left	One uid to test
right	Another uid to test

Returns:

APR_SUCCESS if the apr_uid_t strutures identify the same user, APR_EMISMATCH if not, APR_BADARG if an apr_uid_t is invalid.

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

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Typedef Documentation

typedef gid_t apr_gid_t

Structure for determining group ownership.

typedef uid_t apr_uid_t

Structure for determining user ownership.

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Function Documentation

apr_status_t apr_gid_get	(	apr_gid_t *	groupid,
		const char *	groupname,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the groupid for a specified group name

Parameters:

groupid	Pointer to the group id (on output)
groupname	The group name to look up
p	The pool from which to allocate the string

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

apr_status_t apr_gid_name_get	(	char **	groupname,
		apr_gid_t	groupid,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the group name for a specified groupid

Parameters:

groupname	Pointer to new string containing group name (on output)
groupid	The groupid
p	The pool from which to allocate the string

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

apr_status_t apr_uid_current	(	apr_uid_t *	userid,
		apr_gid_t *	groupid,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the userid (and groupid) of the calling process

Parameters:

userid	Returns the user id
groupid	Returns the user's group id
p	The pool from which to allocate working space

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

apr_status_t apr_uid_get	(	apr_uid_t *	userid,
		apr_gid_t *	groupid,
		const char *	username,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the userid (and groupid) for the specified username

Parameters:

userid	Returns the user id
groupid	Returns the user's group id
username	The username to lookup
p	The pool from which to allocate working space

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

apr_status_t apr_uid_homepath_get	(	char **	dirname,
		const char *	username,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the home directory for the named user

Parameters:

dirname	Pointer to new string containing directory name (on output)
username	The named user
p	The pool from which to allocate the string

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.

apr_status_t apr_uid_name_get	(	char **	username,
		apr_uid_t	userid,
		apr_pool_t *	p
	)

Get the user name for a specified userid

Parameters:

username	Pointer to new string containing user name (on output)
userid	The userid
p	The pool from which to allocate the string

Remarks:

This function is available only if APR_HAS_USER is defined.