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<h3>GETPW(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPW(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3> getpw - Re-construct password line entry
<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3> #include <pwd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);
<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3> The getpw() function re-constructs the password line entry
for the given user uid uid in the buffer buf. The
returned buffer contains a line of format
name:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:dir:shell
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 getpw() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an
error occurs.
<h3>ERRORS
</h3> ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
<h3>FILES
</h3> /etc/passwdpassword database file
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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=fgetpwent.htm>fgetpwent</a>,
<a href=getpwent.htm>getpwent</a>,
<a href=getpwent.htm>setpwent</a>,
<a href=gndpwent.htm>endpwent</a>,
<a href=getpwnam.htm>getpwuid</a>,
<a href=putpwent.htm>putpwent</a>,
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<h3>GNU April 9, 1993 1
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