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FGETPWENT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 1996-05-17
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NAME
fgetpwent - get password file entrySYNOPSIS
#include <pwd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
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 stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd.The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows:
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struct passwd { char *pw_name; /* user name */ 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 the passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.ERRORS
- ENOMEM
- Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
FILES
- /etc/passwd
- password database file
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3SEE ALSO
getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5)