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27.1.3 Searching entries from passwd ¶

We are meant to call these function after a call to mbfl_system_passwd_read(). The following functions inspect entries from /etc/passwd and locate them using numeric indexes; such indexes are valid only until the next call to mbfl_system_passwd_reset().

Function: mbfl_system_passwd_find_entry_by_name NAME ¶

Function: mbfl_system_passwd_find_entry_by_name_var _RV NAME ¶

Search the entries of passwd for one whose user name is NAME. When successful: print to stdout the index of the entry and return true; otherwise return false. We can use the index with the functions described in Inspecting entries from passwd.

The function variant _var stores the result in the variable _RV, rather than print it; Result variables.

Function: mbfl_system_passwd_find_entry_by_uid UID ¶

Function: mbfl_system_passwd_find_entry_by_uid_var _RV UID ¶

Search the entries of passwd for one whose user id is UID. When successful: print to stdout the index of the entry and return true; otherwise return false. We can use the index with the functions described in Inspecting entries from passwd.

The function variant _var stores the result in the variable _RV, rather than print it; Result variables.