NAME
pwget, grget — get password and group information
SYNOPSIS
pwget
[-n
name
|
-u
uid]
grget
[-n
name
|
-g
gid]
DESCRIPTION
pwget
and
grget
locate and display information from
/etc/passwd
and
/etc/group.
The standard output of
pwget
contains lines of colon-separated password information
whose format is the same as that used in the
/etc/passwd
file (see
passwd(4)).
The standard output of
grget
contains lines of colon-separated group information
whose format is the same as that used in the
/etc/group
file (see
group(4)).
With no options,
pwget
and
grget
get all entries with
getpwent()
or
getgrent()
respectively, (see
getpwent(3C)
and
getgrent(3C)),
and output a line for each entry found.
Options
When an option is given, only a single entry is printed.
The options for
pwget
are:
- -n name
Output the first entry that matches
name
using
getpwnam()
(see
getpwent(3C)).
- -u uid
Output the first entry that matches
uid
using
getpwuid()
(see
getpwent(3C)).
The options for
grget
are:
- -n name
Output the first entry that matches
name
using
getgrnam()
(see
getgrent(3C)).
- -g gid
Output the first entry that matches
gid
using
getgrgid()
(see
getgrent(3C)).
NETWORKING FEATURES
NFS
If Network Information System
(NIS)
is in use, these commands provide password and group information
based on the
NIS
version of the password and group databases
in addition to the local password and group files.
RETURN VALUE
These commands return
0
upon success,
1
when a specific search fails, and
2
upon error.
DEPENDENCIES
NFS:
WARNING:
If the Network Information System network database is in use and the
NIS
client daemon
(ypbind)
is not bound to a
NIS
server daemon (see
ypserv(1M)),
these utilities will wait until such a binding is established.
These commands can be terminated in this condition by sending a
SIGINT
signal to the process (see
kill(1)).
See
ypmatch(1),
and
ypserv(1M).
AUTHOR
pwget
and
grget
were developed by HP.
FILES
- /etc/group
local group data file
- /etc/passwd
local password data file
