NAME
getpw - Re-construct password line entry
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
I int getpw(uid_t uid , char * buf );
DESCRIPTION
The
R getpw ()
function re-constructs the password line entry for
the given user ID
uid in the buffer
buf.
The returned buffer contains a line of format
name:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:dir:shell
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 getpw ()
function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error
occurs.
ERRORS
ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
FILES
/etc/passwd
password database file
CONFORMING TO
SVr2.
BUGS
The
R getpw ()
function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided buffer
R buf .
It is obsoleted by
getpwuid(3).
SEE ALSO
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