fgetpwent(3)

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():
       Since glibc 2.19:
           _DEFAULT_SOURCE
       Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
           _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 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 */
       };

RETURN VALUE

   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 cause.

ERRORS

   ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

   /etc/passwd
          password database file

          
          Interface    Attribute      Value                    
          
          fgetpwent()  Thread safety  MT-Unsafe race:fgetpwent 
          

CONFORMING TO

   SVr4.

SEE ALSO

   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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