GETENT(T)                Debian GNU/Linux               GETENT(T)



NAME
       getent - get entries from administrative database

SYNOPSIS
       getent database [key ...]

DESCRIPTION
       The getent program gathers entries from the specified
       administrative database using the specified search keys.
       Where database is one of passwd, group, hosts, services,
       protocols, or networks.

AUTHOR
       getent was written by Thorsten Kukuk for the GNU C
       Library.

       This man page was written by Joel Klecker
       <espy@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.









7/Jan/2001                    woody                     GETENT(T)