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.\" etc.txt - -*- Indented-Text -*- created at: Fri Jul 14 00:47:15 JST 1995
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** Etc(Module)
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The module to retrieve information under /etc directory. Available
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only on UNIX platforms. All operations defined in this module are
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module functions, so that you can include Etc module into your class.
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Module Function:
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getlogin
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returns login name of the user. It this fails, try getpwuid().
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getpwnam(name)
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searches in /etc/passwd file (or equivalent database), and
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returns password entry for the user. The return value is an
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passwd structure, which has members described below.
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struct passwd
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name # user name(string)
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passwd # encrypted password(string)
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uid # user ID(integer)
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gid # group ID(integer)
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gecos # gecos field(string)
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dir # home directory(string)
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shell # login shell(string)
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# members below are optional
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change # password change time(integer)
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quota # quota value(integer)
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age # password age(integer)
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class # user access class(string)
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comment # comment(string)
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expire # account expiration time(integer)
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end
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See getpwnam(3) for detail.
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getpwuid([uid])
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returns passwd entry for the specified user id. If uid is
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ommitted, use the value from getuid(). See getpwuid(3) for
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detail.
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getgrgid(gid)
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searches in /etc/group file (or equivalent database), and
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returns group entry for the group id. The return value is an
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group structure, which has members described below.
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struct group
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name # group name(string)
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passwd # group password(string)
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gid # group ID(integer)
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mem # array of the group member names
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end
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See getgrgid(3) for detail.
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getgrnam(name)
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returns the group entry for the specified name. The return
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value is the group structure. See getgrnam(3) for detail.
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group
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iterates over all group entries.
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passwd
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iterates over all passwd entries.
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