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

NAME
       getpwent, setpwent, endpwent - get password file entry

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

       struct passwd *getpwent(void);

       void setpwent(void);

       void endpwent(void);

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

       getpwent(), setpwent(), endpwent(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE ||
       _XOPEN_SOURCE > = 500

DESCRIPTION
       The getpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the
       broken-out  fields  of  a  record from the password database (e.g., the
       local password file /etc/passwd, NIS, and LDAP).	 The first time it  is
       called  it  returns  the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive
       entries.

       The setpwent() function rewinds to the beginning of the password	 data‐
       base.

       The  endpwent()	function  is used to close the password database after
       all processing has been performed.

       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 getpwent() function returns a pointer to  a	passwd	structure,  or
       NULL  if	 there	are  no	 more entries or an error occurs.  If an error
       occurs, errno is set appropriately.  If one wants to check errno	 after
       the call, it should be set to zero before the call.

       The  return value may point to a static area, and may be overwritten by
       subsequent calls to getpwent(), getpwnam(3), or getpwuid(3).   (Do  not
       pass the returned pointer to free(3).)

ERRORS
       EINTR  A signal was caught.

       EIO    I/O error.

       EMFILE The  maximum  number (OPEN_MAX) of files was open already in the
	      calling process.

       ENFILE The maximum number of files was open already in the system.

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

       ERANGE Insufficient buffer space supplied.

FILES
       /etc/passwd
	      local password database file

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       fgetpwent(3), getpw(3), getpwent_r(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3),	 putp‐
       went(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU				  2009-03-30			   GETPWENT(3)
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