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FGETPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FGETPWENT(3)

NAME

fgetpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>

struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);


Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

fgetpwent(): _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file referred to by stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)).

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 fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.

ERRORS

Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

/etc/passwd
password database file

CONFORMING TO

SVr4.

SEE ALSO

endpwent(3), fgetpwent_r(3), fopen(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON

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