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<h3>GETPW(3)            Linux Programmer's Manual            GETPW(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       getpw - Re-construct password line entry

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;pwd.h&gt;
       #include &lt;sys/types.h&gt;

       int getpw(uid_t uid, char *buf);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       The getpw() function re-constructs the password line entry
       for the given  user  uid  uid  in  the  buffer  buf.   The
       returned buffer contains a line of format

              name:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:dir:shell

       The passwd structure is defined in &lt;pwd.h&gt; 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 */
              };

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       The  getpw()  function  returns  0 on success, or -1 if an
       error occurs.

<h3>ERRORS
</h3>       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

<h3>FILES
</h3>       /etc/passwdpassword database file

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=fgetpwent.htm>fgetpwent</a>, 
<a href=getpwent.htm>getpwent</a>, 
<a href=getpwent.htm>setpwent</a>, 
<a href=gndpwent.htm>endpwent</a>, 
<a href=getpwnam.htm>getpwuid</a>, 
<a href=putpwent.htm>putpwent</a>, 
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<h3>GNU                       April 9, 1993                         1
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