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diff --git a/reference/C/MAN/getpwnam.htm b/reference/C/MAN/getpwnam.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98232e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/reference/C/MAN/getpwnam.htm @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +<TITLE>getpwuid</TITLE> +<body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> +<hr> +<pre> + + + +<h3>GETPWNAM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPWNAM(3) +</h3> + +<h3>NAME +</h3> getpwnam, getpwuid - get password file entry + +<h3>SYNOPSIS +</h3> #include <pwd.h> + #include <sys/types.h> + + struct passwd *getpwnam(const char * name); + + struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t uid); + +<h3>DESCRIPTION +</h3> The getpwnam() function returns a pointer to a structure + containing the broken out fields of a line from + /etc/passwd for the entry that matches the user name name. + + The getpwuid() function returns a pointer to a structure + containing the broken out fields of a line from + /etc/passwd for the entry that matches the user uid uid. + + The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows: + + struct passwd { + char *pw_name; /* user name */ + char *pw_passwd; /* user password */ + uid_t pw_uid; /* user id */ + gid_t pw_gid; /* group id */ + char *pw_gecos; /* real name */ + char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ + char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ + }; + +<h3>RETURN VALUE +</h3> The getpwnam() and getpwuid() functions return the passwd + structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found or + an error occurs. + +<h3>ERRORS +</h3> ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure. + +<h3>FILES +</h3> /etc/passwdpassword database file + +<h3>CONFORMING TO +</h3> SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3 + +</pre> +<hr> +<h3>SEE ALSO +</h3><p> +<a href=fgetpwent.htm>fgetpwent</a>, +<a href=getpwent.htm>getpwent</a>, +<a href=getpwent.htm>setpwent</a>, +<a href=getpwent.htm>endpwent</a>, +<a href=getpw.htm>getpw</a>, +<a href=putpwent.htm>putpwent</a>, +<pre> + + + + + + + + +<h3>GNU April 9, 1993 1 +</h3> + +
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