NAME

       fgetpwent - get password file entry

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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 error.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
              password database file

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
       │Interface                                                    │ Attribute     │ Value                    │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
       │fgetpwent()                                                  │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:fgetpwent │
       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────────┘

STANDARDS

       None.

HISTORY

       SVr4.

SEE ALSO

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