I'm teaching myself UNIX, so bear with me! :)
I created two user accounts on my box. One day I shut down the system using "shutdown -h 1". The system shut down cleanly.
A few days I rebooted the box, no problem.
But root is the only account that can log in. The other 2 user accounts... (10 Replies)
Is it possible given a uid to determine information about the person with the uid? An example would be simple information regarding what group and the name of the person associated with that uid. It seems there is probably an easy staring me in the face but i cant seem to find it... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I'd like to ask your advice on the following, I've written this script to terminate a given process by name:
#!/bin/bash
echo 'Please enter the process you wish to terminate'
read process
pid=$(pidof $process)
kill -9 $pid
echo $2
to make it safer I want it to reject the... (4 Replies)
i need a script to process a password file and based on the UIDs in the password file, generate the new UID that is 1 greater than the highest uid.
i have some script logic but i dont really understand it. any help?
#!/usr/bin/perl
##########################################
#... (3 Replies)
Hi folks!
I need you help to discover what's the impact of a duplicated UID in an operating system. What's the meaning when someone put in different users the same UID? (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to change user id gefadm ,uid=0(root) gid=0(root) to uid=16649(isaadmin) gid=16284(dstage),
how can i change this uid ,gid one value to another value.
Please provide the steps how can i change , uid=0(root) gid=0(root) to uid=16649(isaadmin) gid=16284(dstage).
Thanks in advance for... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have to give permission to one of the groups called as "ABC" as like the permissions of the group "UNIXADM".
Could you please some one help on this issue ? (3 Replies)
Hi, (i'm sorry for my english)
I'm a problem on boot sco unix 5.0.5 open server.
this stop at "Checking protected password and checking subsystem databases"
(See this image )
I'm try this:
1) http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/50/37093/#post37094
2) SCO: SCO Unix - Server hangs... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: buji
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getpw
GETPW(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPW(3)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
CONFORMING TO
SYSVr2.
BUGS
The getpw() function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided buffer buf. It is obsoleted by getpwuid().
SEE ALSO fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5)GNU 1996-05-27 GETPW(3)