debian man page for dpns_getusrbynam

DPNS_GETUSRBYNAM(3)					      DPNS Library Functions					       DPNS_GETUSRBYNAM(3)

NAME
       dpns_getusrbynam - get virtual uid associated with a given user name

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "dpns_api.h"

       int dpns_getusrbynam (char *username, uid_t *uid)

DESCRIPTION
       dpns_getusrbynam gets the virtual uid associated with a given user name.

       username
	      specifies the user name.	It must be at most 255 characters long.

       uid    specifies the address of a buffer to receive the Virtual User Id.

RETURN VALUE
       This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EFAULT	    username or uid is a NULL pointer.

       EINVAL	    This user name does not exist in the internal mapping table or the length of username exceeds 255.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       ENSNACT	    Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

DPNS
							   $Date: 2005/10/19 11:30:57 $ 				       DPNS_GETUSRBYNAM(3)