getpw(3)

NAME

getpw - Re-construct password line entry

SYNOPSIS

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION

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; /* real name */
char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
};

RETURN VALUE

The getpw() function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns -1, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

EINVAL buf is NULL.

ENOENT No user corresponding to uid.

ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

/etc/passwd
password database file

CONFORMING TO

SVr2.

BUGS

The getpw() function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided buffer buf. It is obsoleted by getpwuid(3).

SEE ALSO

endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON

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