PW_GETCONF(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					     PW_GETCONF(3)

NAME

     pw_getconf, pw_getpwconf -- password encryption configuration access function

LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>

     void
     pw_getconf(char *data, size_t len, const char *key, const char *option);

     void
     pw_getpwconf(char *data, size_t len, const struct passwd *pwd, const char *option);

DESCRIPTION

     The pw_getconf() function reads /etc/passwd.conf and retrieves the value of the option specified by option from the section given by key.	If
     no suitable entry is found for the key an empty string will be returned in data.

     To retrieve default values the key default can be used.  In this case, if /etc/passwd.conf does not exist or does not contain a default sec-
     tion, the built-in defaults will be returned.  They are as follows:

	   option	  data
	   ypcipher	  old
	   localcipher	  old

     An empty string is returned for all errors.

     pw_getpwconf() returns the value for the option specified for the particular user specified in pwd.  If that option is not found, then it
     tries to find the option in the primary group of that user, and if that fails, then it returns the default entry.

FILES

     /etc/passwd.conf

ERRORS

     pw_getconf() and pw_getpwconf() will fail if:

     [ENOENT]		There is no option named option in the specified key.

     [ENOTDIR]		There is no key in /etc/passwd.conf named key.

SEE ALSO

     passwd(5), passwd.conf(5)

HISTORY

     The pw_getconf() function first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.

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								    May 4, 2010 							       BSD