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diff --git a/lib/libcompat/4.1/getpw.3 b/lib/libcompat/4.1/getpw.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..523a95c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libcompat/4.1/getpw.3 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)getpw.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt GETPW 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getpw +.Nd get name from uid +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Ft int +.Fn getpw "uid_t uid" "char *buf" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +The getpw function is made obsolete by getpwuid(3). +.br +It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat. +.Ef +.Pp +The +.Fn getpw +function reads the file +.Pa /etc/passwd , +and if it finds +the specified +.Fa uid , +copies the password entry line into the string pointed to by +.Fa buf . +the null terminated entry line from the password database, +and appends the +.Dv NUL +character. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn getpw +function returns the zero if successful, otherwise +a non-zero if the entry does not exist. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd - compact +.It Pa /etc/passwd +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getpwent 3 , +.Xr passwd 5 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn getpw +function appeared in +.At v6 . +.Sh BUGS +The area pointed to by +.Fa buf +must be large enough to hold the user name. + +All of the bugs from +.Xr getpwent 3 +hold valid as well. |