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Re: getgrouplist implementation

To: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl>
Subject: Re: getgrouplist implementation
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 16 Jun 2001 12:05:13 -0700
Cc: libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com
References: <200106071950.f57Jo9E00392@delius.kettenis.local>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl> writes:

> Here is a patch that implements getgrouplist() from 4.4 BSD.  We
> really need this to handle supplementary group ID's in the Hurd and
> implementing it outside glibc would be pretty hard.

I still don't see that his function is necessary.  The concept of the
auxiliary groups and security don't really match very well, it's and
antique concept overrun by time.  Anyhow, since I cannot disprove it
the function is in now.  It's up to you now to provide documentation
and an example.

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References:
- getgrouplist implementation
  - From: Mark Kettenis

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