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    GETPWNAM(3)         Linux Programmer's Manual         GETPWNAM(3)

    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/passwdpassword database file

    CONFORMING TO
           SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

### SEE ALSO

fgetpwent, getpwent, setpwent, endpwent, getpw, putpwent,

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    GNU                       April 9, 1993                         1

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