FGETPWENT Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: May 17, 2025 Index   NAME fgetpwent - get password file entry   SYNOPSIS #include <pwd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> struct passwd *fgetpwent(FILE *stream);   DESCRIPTION The fgetpwent() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken out fields of a line in the file stream. The first time it is called it returns the first entry; thereafter, it returns successive entries. The file stream must have the same format as /etc/passwd. The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows: struct passwd { char *pw_name; /* user name */ char *pw_passwd; /* user password */ uid_t pw_uid; /* user id */ gid_t pw_gid; /* group id */ char *pw_gecos; /* real name */ char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ };   RETURN VALUE The fgetpwent() function returns the passwd structure, or NULL if there are no more entries or an error occurs.   ERRORS ENOMEM Insufficient memory to allocate passwd structure.   FILES /etc/passwd password database file   CONFORMING TO SVID 3   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE ERRORS FILES CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:03 GMT, March 24, 2025