Because getutxent also matches the typical get*ent format of library routines, I thought it would be a good idea to teach it how to read utmpx databases. getent(1) just gives a raw dump, which is very useful when debugging problems related to parsing/logging.
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.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.13 2005/09/11 23:16:15 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Luke Mewburn.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd August 24, 2005
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.Dt GETENT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getent
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.Nd get entries from administrative database
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar database
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.Op Ar key ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility retrieves and displays entries from the administrative
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database specified by
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.Ar database ,
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using the lookup order specified in
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
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The display format for a given
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.Ar database
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is as per the
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.Dq traditional
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file format for that database.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar database
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argument may be one of:
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.Pp
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.Bl -column ".Li netgroup" -offset indent -compact
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.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format
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.It Li ethers Ta address name
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.It Li group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
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.It Li hosts Ta address name [alias ...]
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.It Li networks Ta name network [alias ...]
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.It Li passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell
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.It Li protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...]
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.It Li rpc Ta name number [alias ...]
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.It Li services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...]
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.It Li shells Ta /path/to/shell
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.It Li utmpx Ta [time] type: properties
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.El
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.Pp
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If one or more
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.Ar key
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arguments are provided, they will be looked up in
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.Ar database
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using the appropriate function.
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For example,
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.Dq Li passwd
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supports a numeric UID or user name;
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.Dq Li hosts
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supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name;
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and
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.Dq Li services
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supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or
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numeric port/protocol name.
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.Pp
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If no
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.Ar key
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is provided and
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.Ar database
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supports enumeration, all entries for
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.Ar database
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will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 on success,
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1 if there was an error in the command syntax,
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2 if one of the specified key names was not found in
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.Ar database ,
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or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on
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.Ar database .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getutxent 3 ,
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.Xr ethers 5 ,
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.Xr group 5 ,
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.Xr hosts 5 ,
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.Xr networks 5 ,
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr protocols 5 ,
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.Xr rpc 5 ,
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.Xr services 5 ,
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.Xr shells 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Nx 3.0 ,
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and was imported into
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.Fx 7.0 .
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It was based on the command of the same name in
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.Tn Solaris
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and
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.Tn Linux .
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