1FGETPWENT(3)               Linux Programmer's Manual              FGETPWENT(3)
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NAME

6       fgetpwent - get password file entry
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <stdio.h>
10       #include <sys/types.h>
11       #include <pwd.h>
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13       struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);
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15   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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17       fgetpwent():
18           Since glibc 2.19:
19               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
20           Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
21               _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

24       The  fgetpwent()  function  returns a pointer to a structure containing
25       the broken out fields of a line in the file stream.  The first time  it
26       is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive
27       entries.  The file referred to by stream must have the same  format  as
28       /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)).
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30       The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows:
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32           struct passwd {
33               char   *pw_name;       /* username */
34               char   *pw_passwd;     /* user password */
35               uid_t   pw_uid;        /* user ID */
36               gid_t   pw_gid;        /* group ID */
37               char   *pw_gecos;      /* real name */
38               char   *pw_dir;        /* home directory */
39               char   *pw_shell;      /* shell program */
40           };
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RETURN VALUE

43       The  fgetpwent()  function  returns a pointer to a passwd structure, or
44       NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.  In the event  of
45       an error, errno is set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

48       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.
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FILES

51       /etc/passwd
52              password database file
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ATTRIBUTES

55       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at‐
56       tributes(7).
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58       ┌───────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
59       │Interface                  │ Attribute     │ Value                    │
60       ├───────────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
61       │fgetpwent()                │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:fgetpwent │
62       └───────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

65       SVr4.
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SEE ALSO

68       endpwent(3), fgetpwent_r(3), fopen(3),  getpw(3),  getpwent(3),  getpw‐
69       nam(3), getpwuid(3), putpwent(3), setpwent(3), passwd(5)
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COLOPHON

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