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5.8 KiB
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217 lines
5.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: getpwent.3,v 1.11 1997/07/14 23:19:42 kleink Exp $
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.\" @(#)getpwent.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.Dd December 11, 1993
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.Dt GETPWENT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getpwent ,
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.Nm getpwnam ,
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.Nm getpwuid ,
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.Nm setpassent ,
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.Nm setpwent ,
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.Nm endpwent
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.Nd password database operations
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <pwd.h>
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.Ft struct passwd *
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.Fn getpwent void
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.Ft struct passwd *
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.Fn getpwnam "const char *login"
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.Ft struct passwd *
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.Fn getpwuid "uid_t uid"
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.Ft int
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.Fn setpassent "int stayopen"
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.Ft void
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.Fn setpwent void
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.Ft void
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.Fn endpwent void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions
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operate on the password database file
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which is described
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in
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.Xr passwd 5 .
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Each entry in the database is defined by the structure
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.Ar passwd
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found in the include
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file
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.Aq Pa pwd.h :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct passwd {
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char *pw_name; /* user name */
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char *pw_passwd; /* encrypted password */
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uid_t pw_uid; /* user uid */
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gid_t pw_gid; /* user gid */
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time_t pw_change; /* password change time */
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char *pw_class; /* user access class */
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char *pw_gecos; /* Honeywell login info */
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char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
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char *pw_shell; /* default shell */
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time_t pw_expire; /* account expiration */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The functions
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.Fn getpwnam
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and
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.Fn getpwuid
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search the password database for the given login name or user uid,
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respectively, always returning the first one encountered.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getpwent
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function
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sequentially reads the password database and is intended for programs
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that wish to process the complete list of users.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setpassent
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function
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accomplishes two purposes.
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First, it causes
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.Fn getpwent
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to ``rewind'' to the beginning of the database.
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Additionally, if
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.Fa stayopen
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is non-zero, file descriptors are left open, significantly speeding
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up subsequent accesses for all of the routines.
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(This latter functionality is unnecessary for
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.Fn getpwent
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as it doesn't close its file descriptors by default.)
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.Pp
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It is dangerous for long-running programs to keep the file descriptors
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open as the database will become out of date if it is updated while the
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program is running.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setpwent
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function
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is equivalent to
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.Fn setpassent
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with an argument of zero.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn endpwent
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function
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closes any open files.
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.Pp
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These routines have been written to ``shadow'' the password file, e.g.
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allow only certain programs to have access to the encrypted password.
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If the process which calls them has an effective uid of 0, the encrypted
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password will be returned, otherwise, the password field of the returned
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structure will point to the string
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.Ql * .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The functions
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.Fn getpwent ,
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.Fn getpwnam ,
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and
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.Fn getpwuid ,
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return a valid pointer to a passwd structure on success
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and a null pointer if end-of-file is reached or an error occurs.
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The
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.Fn setpassent
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function returns 0 on failure and 1 on success.
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The
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.Fn endpwent
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and
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.Fn setpwent
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functions
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have no return value.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
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.It Pa /etc/pwd.db
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The insecure password database file
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.It Pa /etc/spwd.db
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The secure password database file
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.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
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The current password file
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.It Pa /etc/passwd
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A Version 7 format password file
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getlogin 2 ,
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.Xr getgrent 3 ,
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
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.Xr vipw 8
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn getpwnam
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and
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.Fn getpwuid
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functions conform to
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.St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm getpwent ,
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.Nm getpwnam ,
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.Nm getpwuid ,
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.Nm setpwent,
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and
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.Nm endpwent
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functions appeared in
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.At v7 .
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The
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.Nm setpassent
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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.Sh BUGS
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The functions
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.Fn getpwent ,
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.Fn getpwnam ,
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and
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.Fn getpwuid ,
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leave their results in an internal static object and return
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a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to
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any of these functions
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will modify the same object.
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.Pp
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The routines
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.Fn getpwent ,
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.Fn endpwent ,
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.Fn setpassent ,
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and
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.Fn setpwent
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are fairly useless in a networked environment and should be
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avoided, if possible.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The historic function
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.Xr setpwfile 3 ,
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which allowed the specification of alternative password databases,
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has been deprecated and is no longer available.
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