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VMS Help CRTL, getpwent, Description *Conan The Librarian |
The getpwent function returns a pointer to a structure containing
fields whose values are derived from an entry in the user
database. Entries in the database are accessed sequentially by
getpwent. When first called, getpwent returns a pointer to a
passwd structure containing the first entry in the user database.
Thereafter, it returns a pointer to a passwd structure containing
the next entry in the user database. Successive calls can be used
to search the entire user database.
The passwd structure is defined in the <pwd.h> header file as
follows:
pw_name The name of the user.
pw_uid The ID of the user.
pw_gid The group ID of the principle group of the user.
pw_dir The home directory of the user.
pw_shell The initial program for the user.
If an end-of-file or an error is encountered on reading, getpwent
returns a NULL pointer.
Because getpwent accesses the user authorization file (SYSUAF)
directly, the process must have appropriate privileges enabled or
the function will fail.
NOTES
All information generated by the getpwent function is stored
in a per-thread static area and is overwritten on subsequent
calls to the function.
Password file entries that are too long are ignored.
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