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.\" @(#)getpw.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $Id$
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt GETPW 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getpw
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.Nd get name from uid
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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1997-04-19 15:57:20 +00:00
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn getpw "uid_t uid" "char *buf"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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The getpw function is made obsolete by getpwuid(3).
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.br
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It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getpw
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function reads the file
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.Pa /etc/passwd ,
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and if it finds
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the specified
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.Fa uid ,
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copies the password entry line into the string pointed to by
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.Fa buf .
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the null terminated entry line from the password database,
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and appends the
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.Dv NUL
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character.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn getpw
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function returns the zero if successful, otherwise
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a non-zero if the entry does not exist.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd - compact
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.It Pa /etc/passwd
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getpwent 3 ,
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.Xr passwd 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn getpw
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function appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The area pointed to by
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.Fa buf
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must be large enough to hold the user name.
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All of the bugs from
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.Xr getpwent 3
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hold valid as well.
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