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59.Dd May 5, 2020
60.Dt PWCACHE 3
61.Os
62.Sh NAME
63.Nm pwcache ,
64.Nm user_from_uid ,
65.Nm uid_from_user ,
66.Nm pwcache_userdb ,
67.Nm group_from_gid ,
68.Nm gid_from_group ,
69.Nm pwcache_groupdb
70.Nd cache password and group entries
71.Sh LIBRARY
72.Lb libc
73.Sh SYNOPSIS
74.In pwd.h
75.Ft const char *
76.Fn user_from_uid "uid_t uid" "int nouser"
77.Ft int
78.Fn uid_from_user "const char *name" "uid_t *uid"
79.Ft int
80.Fn pwcache_userdb "int (*setpassent)(int)" "void (*endpwent)(void)" "struct passwd * (*getpwnam)(const char *)" "struct passwd * (*getpwuid)(uid_t)"
81.In grp.h
82.Ft const char *
83.Fn group_from_gid "gid_t gid" "int nogroup"
84.Ft int
85.Fn gid_from_group "const char *name" "gid_t *gid"
86.Ft int
87.Fn pwcache_groupdb "int (*setgroupent)(int)" "void (*endgrent)(void)" "struct group * (*getgrnam)(const char *)" "struct group * (*getgrgid)(gid_t)"
88.Sh DESCRIPTION
89The
90.Fn user_from_uid
91function returns the user name associated with the argument
92.Fa uid .
93The user name is cached so that multiple calls with the same
94.Fa uid
95do not require additional calls to
96.Xr getpwuid 3 .
97If there is no user associated with the
98.Fa uid ,
99a pointer is returned
100to a string representation of the
101.Fa uid ,
102unless the argument
103.Fa nouser
104is non-zero, in which case a
105.Dv NULL
106pointer is returned.
107.Pp
108The
109.Fn group_from_gid
110function returns the group name associated with the argument
111.Fa gid .
112The group name is cached so that multiple calls with the same
113.Fa gid
114do not require additional calls to
115.Xr getgrgid 3 .
116If there is no group associated with the
117.Fa gid ,
118a pointer is returned
119to a string representation of the
120.Fa gid ,
121unless the argument
122.Fa nogroup
123is non-zero, in which case a
124.Dv NULL
125pointer is returned.
126.Pp
127The
128.Fn uid_from_user
129function returns the uid associated with the argument
130.Fa name .
131The uid is cached so that multiple calls with the same
132.Fa name
133do not require additional calls to
134.Xr getpwnam 3 .
135If there is no uid associated with the
136.Fa name ,
137the
138.Fn uid_from_user
139function returns \-1; otherwise it stores the uid at the location pointed to by
140.Fa uid
141and returns 0.
142.Pp
143The
144.Fn gid_from_group
145function returns the gid associated with the argument
146.Fa name .
147The gid is cached so that multiple calls with the same
148.Fa name
149do not require additional calls to
150.Xr getgrnam 3 .
151If there is no gid associated with the
152.Fa name ,
153the
154.Fn gid_from_group
155function returns \-1; otherwise it stores the gid at the location pointed to by
156.Fa gid
157and returns 0.
158.Pp
159The
160.Fn pwcache_userdb
161function changes the user database access routines which
162.Fn user_from_uid
163and
164.Fn uid_from_user
165call to search for users.
166The caches are flushed and the existing
167.Fn endpwent
168method is called before switching to the new routines.
169.Fa getpwnam
170and
171.Fa getpwuid
172must be provided, and
173.Fa setpassent
174and
175.Fa endpwent
176may be
177.Dv NULL
178pointers.
179.Pp
180The
181.Fn pwcache_groupdb
182function changes the group database access routines which
183.Fn group_from_gid
184and
185.Fn gid_from_group
186call to search for groups.
187The caches are flushed and the existing
188.Fn endgrent
189method is called before switching to the new routines.
190.Fa getgrnam
191and
192.Fa getgrgid
193must be provided, and
194.Fa setgroupent
195and
196.Fa endgrent
197may be
198.Dv NULL
199pointers.
200.Sh ERRORS
201If insufficient memory is available,
202.Fn user_from_uid
203and
204.Fn group_from_gid
205may return NULL pointers.
206.Va errno
207is set to
208.Er ENOMEM .
209.Sh SEE ALSO
210.Xr getgrgid 3 ,
211.Xr getgrnam 3 ,
212.Xr getpwnam 3 ,
213.Xr getpwuid 3
214.Sh HISTORY
215The
216.Fn user_from_uid
217and
218.Fn group_from_gid
219functions first appeared in
220.Bx 4.4 .
221.Pp
222The
223.Fn uid_from_user
224and
225.Fn gid_from_group
226functions first appeared in
227.Nx 1.4 .
228.Pp
229The
230.Fn pwcache_userdb
231and
232.Fn pwcache_groupdb
233functions first appeared in
234.Nx 1.6
235and
236.Fx 10.0 .
237