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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3 | 32 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3 index 40842897e0ab0..b606b44f8491a 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.3 @@ -137,24 +137,6 @@ If the process which calls them has an effective uid of 0, the encrypted password will be returned, otherwise, the password field of the returned structure will point to the string .Ql * . -.Sh YP/NIS INTERACTION -When the -.Xr yp 4 -password database is enabled, the -.Fn getpwnam -and -.Fn getpwuid -functions use the YP maps -.Dq Li passwd.byname -and -.Dq Li passwd.byuid , -respectively, if the requested password entry is not found in the -local database. The -.Fn getpwent -function will step through the YP map -.Dq Li passwd.byname -if the entire map is enabled as described in -.Xr passwd 5 . .Sh RETURN VALUES The functions .Fn getpwent , @@ -187,6 +169,7 @@ A Version 7 format password file .Xr getlogin 2 , .Xr getgrent 3 , .Xr yp 4 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , .Xr vipw 8 @@ -220,3 +203,16 @@ a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to the same function will modify the same object. +.Pp +The functions +.Fn getpwent , +.Fn endpwent , +.Fn setpassent , +and +.Fn setpwent +are fairly useless in a networked environment and should be +avoided, if possible. +.Fn getpwent +makes no attempt to suppress duplicate information if multiple +sources are specified in +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 |