74 lines
2.6 KiB
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74 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: pw_getconf.3,v 1.2 2000/07/07 10:33:12 ad Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Niels Provos.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" from OpenBSD: pw_getconf.3,v 1.5 1999/09/21 04:52:46 csapuntz Exp
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.\"
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.Dd July 6, 2000
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.Dt PW_GETCONF 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pw_getconf
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.Nd passwd configuration access function
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <util.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn pw_getconf "char *data" "size_t len" "const char *key" "const char *option"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pw_getconf
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function reads
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.Pa /etc/passwd.conf
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and retrieves the value of the option specified
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by
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.Pa option
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from the section given by
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.Pa key .
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If no suitable entry is found
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for the
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.Pa key
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an empty string will be returned in data.
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.Pp
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To retrieve default values the key
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.Pa default
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can be used.
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.Pp
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An empty string is also returned for other errors.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd.conf -compact
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.It Pa /etc/passwd.conf
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr passwd.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Fn pw_getconf
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first appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 .
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