posix_initgroups

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

posix_initgroups — Calculate the group access list

说明

posix_initgroups ( string $name , int $base_group_id ) : bool

Calculates the group access list for the user specified in name.

参数

name

The user to calculate the list for.

base_group_id

Typically the group number from the password file.

返回值

成功时返回 TRUE， 或者在失败时返回 FALSE。

参见

  • The Unix manual page for initgroups(3).

User Contributed Notes

victor dot kupiyanov at gmail dot com 22-Mar-2012 08:19
The function does not calculate groups, it sets groups access list of the current process in accordance to user information in /etc/groups.

Quote from Unix manual page for initgroups:

NAME
       initgroups - initialize the supplementary group access list
...
DESCRIPTION
       The  initgroups()  function  initializes  the  group  access  list  by  reading the
       group database /etc/group and using all groups of which user is a member.
       The additional  group  group  is  also added to the list.