NAME

       getpwnam, getpwuid - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pwd.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       struct passwd *getpwnam(const char * name);

       struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t uid);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getpwnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields
       of a line from /etc/passwd for the entry that matches the user name name.

       The getpwuid() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out  fields
       of a line from /etc/passwd for the entry that matches the user uid uid.

       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  getpwnam()  and  getpwuid()  functions  return  the  passwd structure, or NULL if the
       matching entry is not found or an error occurs.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
              password database file

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

       fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3), passwd(5).