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fgetpwent - get password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it
is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd.
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 fgetpwent() function returns the passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
FILES
/etc/passwd
password database file
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3
SEE ALSO getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5)GNU 1996-05-17 FGETPWENT(3)
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FGETPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETPWENT(3)NAME
fgetpwent - get password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fgetpwent(): _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it
is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file referred to by stream must have the same format
as /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)).
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; /* real name */
char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
};
RETURN VALUE
The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
FILES
/etc/passwd
password database file
CONFORMING TO
SVr4.
SEE ALSO endpwent(3), fgetpwent_r(3), fopen(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)COLOPHON
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GNU 2008-07-10 FGETPWENT(3)
Hi All
Here is a the enty for my user on a UNIX from the /etc/passwd file, i want to know what each field denotes where can i get to know it?
kankipas:!:275:1:Swaraj Kankipati - Brea PTX Support:/home/kankipas:/usr/bin/ksh
If anyone could tell me that would be great
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