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diff --git a/man3/getpw.3 b/man3/getpw.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 70b53ec..0000000 --- a/man3/getpw.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,125 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" References consulted: -.\" Linux libc source code -.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) -.\" 386BSD man pages -.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:23:25 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" Modified Mon May 27 21:37:47 1996 by Martin Schulze (joey@linux.de) -.\" -.TH getpw 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -getpw \- reconstruct password line entry -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" -.B #include <sys/types.h> -.B #include <pwd.h> -.P -.BI "[[deprecated]] int getpw(uid_t " uid ", char *" buf ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR getpw () -function reconstructs the password line entry for -the given user ID \fIuid\fP in the buffer \fIbuf\fP. -The returned buffer contains a line of format -.P -.in +4n -.EX -.B name:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:dir:shell -.EE -.in -.P -The \fIpasswd\fP structure is defined in \fI<pwd.h>\fP as follows: -.P -.in +4n -.EX -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; /* user information */ - char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ - char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ -}; -.EE -.in -.P -For more information about the fields of this structure, see -.BR passwd (5). -.SH RETURN VALUE -The -.BR getpw () -function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns \-1, and -.I errno -is set to indicate the error. -.P -If -.I uid -is not found in the password database, -.BR getpw () -returns \-1, sets -.I errno -to 0, and leaves -.I buf -unchanged. -.SH ERRORS -.TP -.BR 0 " or " ENOENT -No user corresponding to -.IR uid . -.TP -.B EINVAL -.I buf -is NULL. -.TP -.B ENOMEM -Insufficient memory to allocate -.I passwd -structure. -.SH FILES -.TP -.I /etc/passwd -password database file -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR getpw () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -None. -.SH HISTORY -SVr2. -.SH BUGS -The -.BR getpw () -function is dangerous as it may overflow the provided buffer -.IR buf . -It is obsoleted by -.BR getpwuid (3). -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR endpwent (3), -.BR fgetpwent (3), -.BR getpwent (3), -.BR getpwnam (3), -.BR getpwuid (3), -.BR putpwent (3), -.BR setpwent (3), -.BR passwd (5) |