Re: Why does CYGWIN implementation of getgrouplist() verify the supplied user or gid?

2013-05-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 13 20:51, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: Hello, Per a hint I've got earlier today from this list (and which I appreciate!), I've tried to use getgrouplist() to obtain group information about a user. There's a problem with that. I notice that the actual behavior of this

Why does CYGWIN implementation of getgrouplist() verify the supplied user or gid?

2013-05-13 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]
Hello, Per a hint I've got earlier today from this list (and which I appreciate!), I've tried to use getgrouplist() to obtain group information about a user. There's a problem with that. I notice that the actual behavior of this call deviates from what's documented: nowhere in the documentation