GETPWENT(3) GETPWENT(3) NAME getpwent, getpwuid, getpwnam, setpwent, endpwent - get password file entry SYNOPSIS #include <pwd.h> struct passwd *getpwent(); struct passwd *getpwuid(uid) int uid; struct passwd *getpwnam(name) char *name; int setpwent(); int endpwent(); DESCRIPTION Getpwent, getpwuid and getpwnam each return a pointer to an object with the following structure containing the broken- out fields of a line in the password file.