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.Dd June 17, 2021
.Dt GETENT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm getent
.Nd get entries from administrative database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar database
.Oo Ar key Oc Ns ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
gets a list of entries from the administrative database specified by
.Ar database .
The information generally comes from one or more of the sources that are
specified for the
.Ar database
in
.Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf .
.Pp
.Ar database
is the name of the database to be examined.
This can be
.Cm passwd ,
.Cm shadow ,
.Cm group ,
.Cm hosts ,
.Cm ipnodes ,
.Cm services ,
.Cm protocols ,
.Cm ethers ,
.Cm project ,
.Cm networks ,
.Cm netmasks ,
.Cm auth_attr ,
.Cm exec_attr ,
.Cm prof_attr ,
.Cm user_attr ,
or
.Cm netgroup .
For each of these databases,
.Nm
uses the appropriate library routines described in
.Xr getpwnam 3C ,
.Xr getspnam 3C ,
.Xr getgrnam 3C ,
.Xr getnetgrent 3C ,
.Xr gethostbyaddr 3NSL ,
.Xr gethostbyname 3NSL ,
.Xr getipnodebyaddr 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getipnodebyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getservbyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getprotobyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr ethers 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getprojbyname 3PROJECT ,
.Xr getnetbyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getauthattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr getexecattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr getprofattr 3SECDB ,
and
.Xr getuserattr 3SECDB
respectively.
.Pp
Each
.Ar key
must be in a format appropriate for searching on the respective database.
For example, it can be a username or numeric-uid for
.Cm passwd ;
hostname or IP address for
.Cm hosts ;
or service, service/protocol, port, or port/proto for
.Cm services .
.Pp
.Nm
prints out the database entries that match each of the supplied keys, one per
line, in the format of the matching administrative file:
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr shadow 5 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr project 5 ,
.Xr hosts 5 ,
.Xr services 5 ,
.Xr protocols 5 ,
.Xr ethers 5 ,
.Xr netgroup 5 ,
.Xr networks 5 ,
.Xr netmasks 5 ,
.Xr auth_attr 5 ,
.Xr exec_attr 5 ,
.Xr prof_attr 5 ,
or
.Xr user_attr 5 .
If no key is given, all entries returned by the corresponding enumeration
library routine, for example,
.Xr getpwent 3C
or
.Xr gethostent 3NSL ,
are printed.
Enumeration is not supported on
.Cm ipnodes ,
.Cm ethers ,
.Cm netgroup ,
or
.Cm netmasks .
.Ss Key Interpretation for passwd, group, netgroup, and user_attr Databases
When
.Nm
is invoked with
.Ar database
set to
.Cm passwd ,
each key value is processed as follows:
.Bl -bullet
.It
If the key value consists only of numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes that the key value is a numeric user ID and searches the
.Cm passwd
database for a matching user ID.
.It
If the user ID is not found in the
.Cm passwd
database or if the key value contains any non-numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes the key value is a user name and searches the
.Cm passwd
database for a matching user name.
.El
.Pp
When
.Nm
is invoked with
.Ar database
set to
.Cm group ,
each key value is processed as follows:
.Bl -bullet
.It
If the key value consists only of numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes that the key value is a numeric group ID and searches the
.Cm group
database for a matching group ID.
.It
If the group ID is not found in the
.Cm group
database or if the key value contains any non-numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes the key value is a group name and searches the
.Cm group
database for a matching group name.
.El
.Pp
When
.Nm
is invoked with
.Ar database
set to
.Cm netgroup ,
only a single lookup key is supported, which must be in the following format:
.Bd -ragged -offset Ds
.Ar netgroup Oo Ar host Ar user Ar domain Oc
.Ed
.Pp
Specifying only the
.Ar netgroup
name will result in entries from the selected netgroup being displayed as
string triples
.Pq hostname, username, domain ,
in a format compatible with
.Xr netgroup 5 .
.Pp
Specifying the
.Ar netgroup
along with
.Ar host ,
.Ar user
and
.Ar domain
will filter the netgroup display based on these entries.
An asterisk
.Pq \&*
can be used as a wildcard for the
.Ar host ,
.Ar user
or
.Ar domain
fields.
.Pp
Since the
.Cm netgroup
database does not support enumeration, a lookup key must always be specified.
.Pp
When
.Nm
is invoked with
.Ar database
set to
.Cm user_attr ,
each key value is processed as follows:
.Bl -bullet
.It
If the key value consists only of numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes that the key value is a numeric user ID and searches the
.Cm passwd
database for a matching user name, which is then used as the key for
.Cm user_attr .
.It
If the user ID is not found in the
.Cm passwd
database or if the key value contains any non-numeric characters,
.Nm
assumes the key value is a user name and searches the
.Cm user_attr
database for a matching entry.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Pa
.It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf
name service switch configuration file
.It Pa /etc/passwd
password file
.It Pa /etc/shadow
shadowed password file
.It Pa /etc/group
group file
.It Pa /etc/inet/hosts
IPv4 and IPv6 host name database
.It Pa /etc/services
Internet services and aliases
.It Pa /etc/project
project file
.It Pa /etc/protocols
protocol name database
.It Pa /etc/ethers
Ethernet address to hostname database or domain
.It Pa /etc/networks
network name database
.It Pa /etc/netmasks
network mask database
.It Pa /etc/netgroup
network group database
.It Pa /etc/user_attr
extended user attributes database
.It Pa /etc/security/auth_attr
authorization description database
.It Pa /etc/security/exec_attr
execution profiles database
.It Pa /etc/security/prof_attr
profile description database
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Sy 0
Successful completion.
.It Sy 1
Command syntax was incorrect, an invalid option was used, or an internal error
occurred.
.It Sy 2
At least one of the specified entry names was not found in the database.
.It Sy 3
There is no support for enumeration on this database.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getgrnam 3C ,
.Xr getnetgrent 3C ,
.Xr getpwnam 3C ,
.Xr getspnam 3C ,
.Xr gethostbyaddr 3NSL ,
.Xr gethostbyname 3NSL ,
.Xr gethostent 3NSL ,
.Xr getprojbyname 3PROJECT ,
.Xr getauthattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr getexecattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr getprofattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr getuserattr 3SECDB ,
.Xr ethers 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getipnodebyaddr 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getipnodebyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getnetbyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getprotobyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr getservbyname 3SOCKET ,
.Xr auth_attr 5 ,
.Xr ethers 5 ,
.Xr exec_attr 5 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr hosts 5 ,
.Xr netmasks 5 ,
.Xr networks 5 ,
.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr prof_attr 5 ,
.Xr project 5 ,
.Xr protocols 5 ,
.Xr services 5 ,
.Xr shadow 5 ,
.Xr user_attr 5 ,
.Xr attributes 7