NAME¶
dpns_getusrbynam - get virtual uid associated with a given user name
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"
int dpns_getusrbynam (char *username, uid_t
*uid)
DESCRIPTION¶
dpns_getusrbynam gets the virtual uid associated with a given user name.
- username
- specifies the user name. It must be at most 255 characters long.
- uid
- specifies the address of a buffer to receive the Virtual User Id.
RETURN VALUE¶
This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation
failed. In the latter case,
serrno is set appropriately.
ERRORS¶
- EFAULT
- username or uid is a NULL pointer.
- EINVAL
- This user name does not exist in the internal mapping table or the length
of username exceeds 255.
- SENOSHOST
- Host unknown.
- SENOSSERV
- Service unknown.
- SECOMERR
- Communication error.
- ENSNACT
- Name server is not running or is being shutdown.