The
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; /* 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).
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