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NAME


pwd.h, pwd - password structure

SYNOPSIS


#include <pwd.h>


DESCRIPTION


The <pwd.h> header provides a definition for struct passwd, which
includes the following members:

char *pw_name user's login name
uid_t pw_uid numerical user ID
gid_t pw_gid numerical group ID
char *pw_dir initial working di rectory
char *pw_shell program to use as shell


The gid_t and uid_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>.
See types.h(3HEAD).

ATTRIBUTES


See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO


getpwnam(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(7), standards(7)

September 10, 2004 PWD.H(3HEAD)

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