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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 48.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 49.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 50.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 51.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 52.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 53.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 54.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 55.\" 56.\" 57.\" @(#)pwcache.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 58.\" 59.Dd October 19, 2012 60.Dt PWCACHE 3 61.Os 62.Sh NAME 63.Nm pwcache , 64.Nm user_from_uid , 65.Nm group_from_gid 66.Nd cache password and group entries 67.Sh LIBRARY 68.Lb libc 69.Sh SYNOPSIS 70.In pwd.h 71.Ft const char * 72.Fn user_from_uid "uid_t uid" "int nouser" 73.Ft int 74.Fn uid_from_user "const char *name" "uid_t *uid" 75.Ft int 76.Fn pwcache_userdb "int (*setpassent)(int)" "void (*endpwent)(void)" "struct passwd * (*getpwnam)(const char *)" "struct passwd * (*getpwuid)(uid_t)" 77.In grp.h 78.Ft const char * 79.Fn group_from_gid "gid_t gid" "int nogroup" 80.Ft int 81.Fn gid_from_group "const char *name" "gid_t *gid" 82.Ft int 83.Fn pwcache_groupdb "int (*setgroupent)(int)" "void (*endgrent)(void)" "struct group * (*getgrnam)(const char *)" "struct group * (*getgrgid)(gid_t)" 84.Sh DESCRIPTION 85The 86.Fn user_from_uid 87function returns the user name associated with the argument 88.Fa uid . 89The user name is cached so that multiple calls with the same 90.Fa uid 91do not require additional calls to 92.Xr getpwuid 3 . 93If there is no user associated with the 94.Fa uid , 95a pointer is returned 96to a string representation of the 97.Fa uid , 98unless the argument 99.Fa nouser 100is non-zero, in which case a 101.Dv NULL 102pointer is returned. 103.Pp 104The 105.Fn group_from_gid 106function returns the group name associated with the argument 107.Fa gid . 108The group name is cached so that multiple calls with the same 109.Fa gid 110do not require additional calls to 111.Xr getgrgid 3 . 112If there is no group associated with the 113.Fa gid , 114a pointer is returned 115to a string representation of the 116.Fa gid , 117unless the argument 118.Fa nogroup 119is non-zero, in which case a 120.Dv NULL 121pointer is returned. 122.Pp 123The 124.Fn uid_from_user 125function returns the uid associated with the argument 126.Fa name . 127The uid is cached so that multiple calls with the same 128.Fa name 129do not require additional calls to 130.Xr getpwnam 3 . 131If there is no uid associated with the 132.Fa name , 133the 134.Fn uid_from_user 135function returns \-1; otherwise it stores the uid at the location pointed to by 136.Fa uid 137and returns 0. 138.Pp 139The 140.Fn gid_from_group 141function returns the gid associated with the argument 142.Fa name . 143The gid is cached so that multiple calls with the same 144.Fa name 145do not require additional calls to 146.Xr getgrnam 3 . 147If there is no gid associated with the 148.Fa name , 149the 150.Fn gid_from_group 151function returns \-1; otherwise it stores the gid at the location pointed to by 152.Fa gid 153and returns 0. 154.Pp 155The 156.Fn pwcache_userdb 157function changes the user database access routines which 158.Fn user_from_uid 159and 160.Fn uid_from_user 161call to search for users. 162The caches are flushed and the existing 163.Fn endpwent 164method is called before switching to the new routines. 165.Fa getpwnam 166and 167.Fa getpwuid 168must be provided, and 169.Fa setpassent 170and 171.Fa endpwent 172may be 173.Dv NULL 174pointers. 175.Pp 176The 177.Fn pwcache_groupdb 178function changes the group database access routines which 179.Fn group_from_gid 180and 181.Fn gid_from_group 182call to search for groups. 183The caches are flushed and the existing 184.Fn endgrent 185method is called before switching to the new routines. 186.Fa getgrnam 187and 188.Fa getgrgid 189must be provided, and 190.Fa setgroupent 191and 192.Fa endgrent 193may be 194.Dv NULL 195pointers. 196.Sh SEE ALSO 197.Xr getgrgid 3 , 198.Xr getgrnam 3 , 199.Xr getpwnam 3 , 200.Xr getpwuid 3 201.Sh HISTORY 202The 203.Fn user_from_uid 204and 205.Fn group_from_gid 206functions first appeared in 207.Bx 4.4 . 208.Pp 209The 210.Fn uid_from_user 211and 212.Fn gid_from_group 213functions first appeared in 214.Nx 1.4 . 215.Pp 216The 217.Fn pwcache_userdb 218and 219.Fn pwcache_groupdb 220functions first appeared in 221.Nx 1.6 222and 223.Fx 10.0 . 224