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FGETPWENT
!!!FGETPWENT
NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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!!NAME


fgetpwent - get password file entry
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include
__''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
'''' as follows:


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 3
!!SEE ALSO


getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3),
setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3),
putpwent(3), passwd(5)
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:24:18 am by "perry"

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