05-29-2016
@MadeInGermany........yes, good point. Also, like Bakunin, I wonder why this thread is entitled $pwd (what's the $ got to do with it?)
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pwd.h(3HEAD) Headers pwd.h(3HEAD)
NAME
pwd.h, pwd - password structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <pwd.h> header provides a definition for struct passwd, which includes the following members:
char *pw_name user's login name
uid_t pw_uid numerical user ID
gid_t pw_gid numerical group ID
char *pw_dir initial working di rectory
char *pw_shell program to use as shell
The gid_t and uid_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getpwnam(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 pwd.h(3HEAD)