<TITLE>getpw</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>GETPW(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPW(3) </h3> <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 </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=gndpwent.htm>endpwent</a>, <a href=getpwnam.htm>getpwuid</a>, <a href=putpwent.htm>putpwent</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU April 9, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../index.htm>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/index.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>
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