inusernetgroup

Description

The inusernetgroup() function determines if a user is a member of a specific netgroup.

Not supported in Endpoint Privilege Management for Linux (EPM-L).

Syntax

result = inusernetgroup (netgroupname, username);

Arguments

netgroupname Required. Name of the netgroup to query.
username Required. Name of the user in question.

Return Values

true The specified user is a member of the specified netgroup.
false The specified user is not a member of the specified netgroup.
currentuser = "sysadm1";
result = inusernetgroup ("myhosts", currentuser);

In this example, result contains an integer value of 1 (true) if sysadm1 is a member of the netgroup myhosts or 0 (false) if sysadm1 is not a member of the netgroup.

For more information, see innetgroup.