getpw

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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/passwdpassword database file


SEE ALSO

       fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getp-
       wnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3)
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