FGETPWENT(T)        Linux Programmer's Manual        FGETPWENT(T)



NAME
       fgetpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #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:

              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(m), getpwuid(d), getpwent(t), setpwent(t),  endp-
       went(t), getpw(w), putpwent(t), passwd(d)



GNU                         1996-05-17               FGETPWENT(T)