Method System.getgrent()

Method getgrent

array(int|string|array(string)) getgrent()

Description

Get a group entry from /etc/groups file. getgrent interates thru the groups source and returns one entry per call using the systemfunction getgrent(3).

Always call endgrent when done using getgrent!

Returns

An array with the information about the group

Array
string 0	Group name
string 1	Group password (encrypted)
int 2	ID of the group
array 3..	Array with UIDs of group members

See also

get_all_groups() getgrnam() getgrgid()