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



NAME
       fgetpwent - get password file entry

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(): _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.

ERRORS
       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

FILES
       /etc/passwd
              password database file

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4.

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

COLOPHON
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GNU                                                        2008-07-10                                               FGETPWENT(3)