getpwuid(3) [redhat man page]

GETPWNAM(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						       GETPWNAM(3)

NAME

       getpwnam, getpwuid - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pwd.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name);

       struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t uid);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getpwnam()	function  returns  a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line from /etc/passwd for the entry that
       matches the user name name.

       The getpwuid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line from /etc/passwd  for  the  entry  that
       matches the user uid uid.

       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  getpwnam()	and  getpwuid() functions return a pointer to the passwd structure, or NULL if the matching entry is not found or an error
       occurs.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
	      password database file

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

       fgetpwent(3), getgrnam(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5)

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								    1996-05-27							       GETPWNAM(3)

GETPW(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  GETPW(3)

NAME

       getpw - reconstruct password line entry

SYNOPSIS

       #define _GNU_SOURCE	       /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <pwd.h>

       int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION

       The getpw() function reconstructs the password line entry for the given user ID 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;       /* username */
	       char   *pw_passwd;     /* user password */
	       uid_t   pw_uid;	      /* user ID */
	       gid_t   pw_gid;	      /* group ID */
	       char   *pw_gecos;      /* user information */
	       char   *pw_dir;	      /* home directory */
	       char   *pw_shell;      /* shell program */
	   };

       For more information about the fields of this structure, see passwd(5).

RETURN VALUE

       The getpw() function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns -1, and errno is set to indicate the error.

       If uid is not found in the password database, getpw() returns -1, sets errno to 0, and leaves buf unchanged.

ERRORS

       0 or ENOENT
	      No user corresponding to uid.

       EINVAL buf is NULL.

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
	      password database file

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +----------+---------------+----------------+
       |Interface | Attribute	  | Value	   |
       +----------+---------------+----------------+
       |getpw()   | Thread safety | MT-Safe locale |
       +----------+---------------+----------------+

CONFORMING TO

       SVr2.

BUGS

       The getpw() function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided buffer buf.  It is obsoleted by getpwuid(3).

SEE ALSO

       endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)

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								    2017-09-15								  GETPW(3)