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fgetpwent(3) Library Functions Manual fgetpwent(3)
fgetpwent - get password file entry
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
fgetpwent():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_SVID_SOURCE
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 referred to
by stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd (see
passwd(5)).
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 */
};
The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a passwd structure,
or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs. In the
event of an error, errno is set to indicate the error.
ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
/etc/passwd
password database file
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ fgetpwent() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:fgetpwent │
└────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
None.
SVr4.
endpwent(3), fgetpwent_r(3), fopen(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3),
getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)
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Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 fgetpwent(3)
Pages that refer to this page: getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwent_r(3), getpwnam(3), putpwent(3)
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