NAME
fgetpwent - get password file entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
I struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE * stream );
DESCRIPTION
The
R 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
R 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
SVr4
SEE ALSO
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