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GNU/Linux	RedHat 5.2 (Apollo)
	getpw(3)

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GETPW

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
FILES
SEE ALSO

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NAME

getpw − Re-construct password line entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <pwd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION

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 */
};

RETURN VALUE

The getpw() function returns 0 on success, or −1 if an error occurs.

ERRORS

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

/etc/passwd

password database file

SEE ALSO

fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5).

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getpw(3)