pwgrd(1M)pwgrd(1M)NAME
pwgrd - password and group hashing and caching daemon
SYNOPSIS
logfile]
DESCRIPTION
provides accelerated lookup of password and group information for libc routines like and implements per request type caches and hashtables
as appropriate. When the corresponding routine in libc is called, a request is issued to via a Unix domain socket connection. determines
whether it can satisfy the request, returning the appropriate results to the requesting process.
Options
recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:
Debug mode. Do not become a daemon.
Issue additional diagnostic messages. Instead of logging message via issue messages to stderr.
Logfile. In addition to logging via
will write log messages to logfile.
modifies its behavior depending on whether or not the local machine is using some form of NIS for password or group information. When NIS
is being used, the hashtables corresponding to that service are not generated or consulted. Therefore only caching is provided for those
requests.
AUTHOR
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
FILES
Start up configuration variable. Set to if you want to start on reboot.
Hash files, status file and daemon Unix domain socket.
Client Unix domain sockets.
SEE ALSO pwgr_stat(1M).
pwgrd(1M)
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pwget(1) General Commands Manual pwget(1)NAME
pwget, grget - get password and group information
SYNOPSIS
name | uid]
name | gid]
DESCRIPTION
and locate and display information from and
The standard output of contains lines of colon-separated password information whose format is the same as that used in the file (see
passwd(4)).
The standard output of contains lines of colon-separated group information whose format is the same as that used in the file (see
group(4)).
With no options, and get all entries with or respectively, (see getpwent(3C) and getgrent(3C)), and output a line for each entry found.
Options
When an option is given, only a single entry is printed.
The options for are:
Output the first entry that matches
name using (see getpwent(3C)).
Output the first entry that matches
uid using (see getpwent(3C)).
The options for are:
Output the first entry that matches
name using (see getgrent(3C)).
Output the first entry that matches
gid using (see getgrent(3C)).
NETWORKING FEATURES
NFS
If Network Information System (NIS) is in use, these commands provide password and group information based on the NIS version of the pass-
word and group databases in addition to the local password and group files.
RETURN VALUE
These commands return upon success, when a specific search fails, and upon error.
DEPENDENCIES
NFS:
WARNING: If the Network Information System network database is in use and the NIS client daemon is not bound to a NIS server daemon (see
ypserv(1M)), these utilities will wait until such a binding is established. These commands can be terminated in this condition by sending
a signal to the process (see kill(1)).
See ypmatch(1), and ypserv(1M).
AUTHOR
and were developed by HP.
FILES
local group data file
local password data file
SEE ALSO getgrent(3C), getpwent(3C), group(4), passwd(4).
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