NAME

fgetpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#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(): _SVID_SOURCE

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 a pointer to a 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

SVr4

SEE ALSO

endpwent(3), fgetpwent_r(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)

COLOPHON

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