FGETPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETPWENT(3)

NAME

fgetpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <pwd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION

The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd. 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 */ };

RETURN VALUE

The fgetpwent() function returns the passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.

ERRORS

ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3

SEE ALSO

getpwnam, getpwuid, getpwent, setpwent, getpw, putpwent,
















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