fgetpwent

NAME

       fgetpwent - get password file entry

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pwd.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>

       struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);

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 stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd.

       The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows:

              struct passwd {
                      char    *pw_name;       /* user name */
                      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 the passwd structure, or
       NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID 3

SEE ALSO

       getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3),  endp-
       went(3), getpw(3), putpwent(3)