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getpw(3) Library Functions Manual getpw(3)
getpw - reconstruct password line entry
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
[[deprecated]] int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);
The getpw() function reconstructs 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; /* username */
char *pw_passwd; /* user password */
uid_t pw_uid; /* user ID */
gid_t pw_gid; /* group ID */
char *pw_gecos; /* user information */
char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
};
For more information about the fields of this structure, see
passwd(5).
The getpw() function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns
-1, and errno is set to indicate the error.
If uid is not found in the password database, getpw() returns -1,
sets errno to 0, and leaves buf unchanged.
0 or ENOENT
No user corresponding to uid.
EINVAL buf is NULL.
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
/etc/passwd
password database file
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ getpw() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
└───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
None.
SVr2.
The getpw() function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided
buffer buf. It is obsoleted by getpwuid(3).
endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3),
putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)
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