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8.230. User::pwent
Overrides core
getpwent, getpwuid, and
getpwnam functions with versions that return
User::pwent objects. The object returned has methods with the same
names as the structure fields they return. That is, to return the
field name, use the name
method:
use User::pwent;
$pw = getpwnam('daemon') or die "No daemon user";
if ( $pw->uid == 1 && $pw->dir =~ m#^/(bin|tmp)?$# ) {
print "gid 1 on root dir";
}
The field names (and therefore the method names) are the same as the
names of the fields in the passwd structure from
the C file pwd.h: name,
passwd, uid,
gid, quota,
comment, gecos,
dir, and shell. You can
access the fields with the methods or by importing the fields into
your namespace with the :FIELDS import tag and prepending
pw_ to the method name (for example,
pw_name). Exports four functions.
getpw |
$pw->getpw(arg)
Frontend that forwards a numeric arg to
getpwuid and other args
to getpwnam.
getpwent |
$pw->getpwent( )
Successive calls to getpwent return objects
representing successive entries from the password table.
getpwnam |
$pw->getpwnam(name)
Accesses the password table by user's
name.
getpwuid |
$pw->getpwuid(uid)
Accesses the password table by user's ID number,
uid.
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