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getpwent(3C)							  getpwent(3C)

NAME
       getpwent(),  getpwuid(),	 getpwuid_r(), getpwnam(), getpwnam_r(), setp‐
       went(), endpwent(), fgetpwent() - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS
   Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
       and are used to obtain password entries, and return  a  pointer	to  an
       object  of  structure.	An  entry may come from any of the sources for
       specified in the file.  See nsswitch.conf(4).

       The structure is defined in and includes the following members:

       The pw_comment field is unused.	For  more  information	on  the	 other
       fields, see the passwd(4) manpage.

       When first called,  returns  a  pointer	to  the first structure in the
			   password  database.	 Thereafter,  it   returns   a
			   pointer to the next structure in the database.

       Has  the	 effect	 of  rewinding the password database to allow repeated
       searches.

       Can be called to indicate that password	database  processing  is  com‐
       plete.

       Searches	 from  the  beginning of the password database until a numeric
       user ID
			   matching uid is found, and returns a pointer to the
			   particular structure in which it was found.

       Searches from the beginning of the password database until a login
			   name	 matching name is found, and returns a pointer
			   to the particular structure in which it was found.

       Unlike the other functions above, does not use
			   nor access NIS It returns a	pointer	 to  the  next
			   structure  in the standard I/O stream stream, which
			   should be open for reading, and its contents should
			   match the format of

   Obsolescent Interfaces
       get password file entry.

   Reentrant Interfaces
       and both update the pointed to by and store a pointer to that structure
       at the location pointed to by The structure must contain an entry  from
       the  user  database with a matching or Storage referenced by the struc‐
       ture pointed to by is allocated	from  the  memory  provided  with  the
       parameter,  which  is  defined as in size.  The maximum size needed for
       this buffer can be determined with the parameter.  A  NULL  pointer  is
       returned	 at  the  location  pointed to by on error or if the requested
       entry is not found.

   Notes
       When the repository is set to in the file, then the  and	 calls	return
       the  structure exactly as it appears in the file.  In shadowed standard
       mode, the calls normally return "x" (instead of the encrypted  password
       and  aging  information)	 in the pw_passwd field.  The same applies for
       calls to when the argument stream is set to

SECURITY FEATURES
       If the system has been converted to a  trusted  system,	the  password,
       audit  ID,  and	audit flag are not returned.  The password will be the
       default that is in and the audit ID and audit flag will be  set	to  On
       trusted	systems, if it is not necessary to obtain information from the
       regular password file, users should use to access the  protected	 pass‐
       word database.  See getprpwent(3) and getspwent(3X).

       affects	only and the audit ID and audit flag in the password structure
       are ignored.  must be used to modify the	 protected  password  database
       entries.	 See getprpwent(3).

       See about trusted system support.

RETURN VALUE
       and  return a NULL pointer if an end-of-file or error is encountered on
       reading.	 returns a NULL pointer on encountering an invalid entry.   An
       invalid	entry  is one which does not follow the structure.  Otherwise,
       the return value points to an internal static area containing  a	 valid
       structure.

       and  return  zero upon success.	Otherwise, an error number is returned
       to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       and fail if any of the following are true:

	      An I/O error has occurred.

	      OPEN_MAX	  descriptors  are  currently  open  in	 the   calling
			  process.

	      The  maximum  allowable number of files is currently open in the
	      system.

       The and functions will fail if:

	      Insufficient storage was supplied via
			  buffer and bufsize to contain the data to be	refer‐
			  enced by the resulting structure

WARNINGS
       The  value returned by and points to a single static area that is over‐
       written by each call to any of the functions, so it must be  copied  if
       it is to be saved.

       The following fields have numerical limitations as noted:

	      ·	 The user ID is an integer value between -2 and inclusive.

	      ·	 The group ID is an integer value between 0 and inclusive.

       Users  of  and  should  note  that  these  interfaces  now conform with
       POSIX.1c.  and are obsolescent interfaces.  These  interfaces  and  the
       old prototypes of and are supported for compatibility with existing DCE
       applications only.

       The interfaces and use the  Dynamic  Name  Service  Switch.   See  nss‐
       witch.conf(4).	An  application	 that  uses these interfaces cannot be
       fully archive bound.

       HP-UX 11i Version 3 is the last	release	 to  support  trusted  systems
       functionality.

EXAMPLE
       The  following  code excerpt prints name and uid of a user logged in on
       this terminal:

DEPENDENCIES
   NFS
AUTHOR
       and were developed by Sun and HP.

FILES
       System Password file

SEE ALSO
       ypcat(1), cuserid(3S), getgrent(3C), getlogin(3C), getprpwent(3),  get‐
       spwent(3X),  stdio(3S), putpwent(3C), nsswitch.conf(4), passwd(4), lim‐
       its(5), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								  getpwent(3C)
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