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pwget(1) pwget(1)
NAME
pwget, grget - get password and group information
SYNOPSIS
pwget [-n name -u uid ]
grget [-n name -g gid ]
DESCRIPTION
pwget and grget locate and display information from
/etc/passwd and /etc/group.
The standard output of
pwget contains lines of colon-separated password information whose format is
the same as that used in the /etc/passwd
file (see passwd(4)).
The standard output of
grget contains lines of colon-separated group information whose format is the
same as that used in the /etc/group file (see group (4)).
With no options,
pwget and grget get all entries with
getpwent() or getgrent() respectively,
(see getpwent (3C) and getgrent (3C)), and output a line for each entry found.
Options
When an option is given, only a single entry is printed.
The options for
pwget are:
-n name Output the first entry that matches name using getpwnam() (see getpwent (3C)).
-u uid Output the first entry that matches uid using getpwuid() (see getpwent (3C)).
The options for
grget are:
-n name Output the first entry that matches name using getgrnam() (see getgrent (3C)).
-g gid Output the first entry that matches gid using getgrgid() (see getgrent (3C)).
NETWORKING FEATURES
NFS
If Network Information System (NIS) is in use, these commands provide password and group information
based on the NIS version of the password and group databases in addition to the local password and
group files.
RETURN VALUE
These commands return
0 upon success, 1 when a specific search fails, and 2 upon error.
DEPENDENCIES
NFS:
WARNING: If the Network Information System network database is in use and the
NIS client daemon
(
ypbind) is not bound to a NIS server daemon (see ypserv (1M)), these utilities will wait until such a
binding is established. These commands can be terminated in this condition by sending a SIGINT sig-
nal to the process (see kill (1)).
See ypmatch (1), and ypserv (1M).
AUTHOR
pwget and grget were developed by HP.
FILES
/etc/group local group data file
/etc/passwd local password data file
SEE ALSO
getgrent(3C), getpwent(3C), group(4), passwd(4).
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1