getpwnam() General Function getpwnam() Get password file information, by name #include <pwd.h> struct passwd *getpwnam(uname) char *uname; The COHERENT system has five routines that search the file /etc/passwd, which contains information about every user of the system. The returned structure passwd is defined in the header file pwd.h. For a description of this structure, see pwd.h. getpwnam attempts to find the first entry with a name of uname. ***** Files ***** /etc/passwd <pwd.h> ***** See Also ***** endpwent(), general functions, getpwent(), getpwuid(), pwd.h, setpwent() ***** Diagnostics ***** getpwnam returns NULL for any error or on end of file. ***** Notes ***** All structures and information returned are in static areas in- ternal to getpwnam. Therefore, information from a previous call is overwritten by each subsequent call. COHERENT Lexicon Page 1