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

NAME

getpwent, setpwent, endpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <pwd.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct passwd *getpwent(void); void setpwent(void); void endpwent(void);

DESCRIPTION

The getpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line from /etc/passwd. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The setpwent() function rewinds the file pointer to the beginning of the /etc/passwd file. The endpwent() function closes the /etc/passwd file. 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 getpwent() 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.

FILES

/etc/passwdpassword database file

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

fgetpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, getpw,






GNU April 9, 1993 1


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