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27.Dd October 30, 2012
28.Dt PW_UTIL 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pw_copy ,
32.Nm pw_dup ,
33.Nm pw_edit ,
34.Nm pw_equal ,
35.Nm pw_fini ,
36.Nm pw_init ,
37.Nm pw_make ,
38.Nm pw_make_v7 ,
39.Nm pw_mkdb ,
40.Nm pw_lock ,
41.Nm pw_scan ,
42.Nm pw_tempname ,
43.Nm pw_tmp
44.Nd "functions for passwd file handling"
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libutil
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In pwd.h
49.In libutil.h
50.Ft int
51.Fn pw_copy "int ffd" "int tfd" "const struct passwd *pw" "struct passwd *oldpw"
52.Ft "struct passwd *"
53.Fn pw_dup "const struct passwd *pw"
54.Ft int
55.Fn pw_edit "int nosetuid"
56.Ft int
57.Fn pw_equal "const struct passwd *pw1" "const struct passwd *pw2"
58.Ft void
59.Fn pw_fini "void"
60.Ft int
61.Fn pw_init "const char *dir" const char *master"
62.Ft "char *"
63.Fn pw_make "const struct passwd *pw"
64.Ft "char *"
65.Fn pw_make_v7 "const struct passwd *pw"
66.Ft int
67.Fn pw_mkdb "const char *user"
68.Ft int
69.Fn pw_lock "void"
70.Ft "struct passwd *"
71.Fn pw_scan "const char *line" "int flags"
72.Ft "const char *"
73.Fn pw_tempname "void"
74.Ft int
75.Fn pw_tmp "int mfd"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Fn pw_copy
79function reads a password file from
80.Vt ffd
81and writes it back out to
82.Vt tfd
83possibly with modifications:
84.Bl -dash
85.It
86If
87.Fa pw
88is
89.Dv NULL
90and
91.Fa oldpw
92is not
93.Dv NULL ,
94then the record represented by
95.Fa oldpw
96will not be copied (corresponding to user deletion).
97.It
98If
99.Fa pw
100and
101.Fa oldpw
102are not
103.Dv NULL
104then the record corresponding to
105.Fa pw
106will be replaced by the record corresponding to
107.Fa oldpw .
108.It
109If
110.Vt pw
111is set and
112.Vt oldpw
113is
114.Dv NULL
115then the record corresponding to
116.Vt pw
117will be appended (corresponding to user addition).
118.El
119.Pp
120The
121.Fn pw_copy
122function returns -1 in case of failure otherwise 0.
123.Pp
124The
125.Fn pw_dup
126function duplicates the
127.Vt struct passwd
128pointed to by
129.Fa pw
130and returns a pointer to the copy, or
131.Dv NULL
132in case of failure.
133The new
134.Vt struct passwd
135is allocated with
136.Xr malloc 3 ,
137and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
138.Xr free 3 .
139.Pp
140The
141.Fn pw_edit
142function invokes the command specified by the
143.Ev EDITOR
144environment variable (or
145.Pa /usr/bin/vi
146if
147.Ev EDITOR
148is not defined)
149on a temporary copy of the master password file created by
150.Fn pw_tmp .
151If the file was modified,
152.Fn pw_edit
153installs it and regenerates the password database.
154The
155.Fn pw_edit
156function returns -1 in case of failure, 0 if the file was not modified,
157and a non-zero positive number if the file was modified and successfully
158installed.
159.Pp
160The
161.Fn pw_equal
162function compares two
163.Vt struct passwd
164and returns 0 if they are equal.
165.Pp
166The
167.Fn pw_fini
168function destroy the temporary file created by
169.Fn pw_tmp
170if any,
171kills any running instance of
172.Ev EDITOR
173executed by
174.Fn pw_edit
175if any,
176and closes the lock created by
177.Fn pw_lock
178if any.
179.Pp
180The
181.Fn pw_init
182initialize the static variable representing the path a password file.
183.Fa dir
184is the directory where the password file is located.
185If set to
186.Dv NULL ,
187it will default to
188.Pa /etc .
189.Fa master
190is the name of the password file.
191If set to
192.Dv NULL?
193it will default to
194.Pa master.passwd
195.Pp
196The
197.Fn pw_make
198function creates a properly formatted
199.Bx
200.Xr passwd 5
201line from a
202.Vt struct passwd ,
203and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
204The string is allocated with
205.Xr malloc 3 ,
206and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
207.Xr free 3 .
208.Pp
209The
210.Fn pw_make_v7
211function creates a properly formatted
212.Ux V7
213.Xr passwd 5
214line from a
215.Vt struct passwd ,
216and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
217The string is allocated with
218.Xr malloc 3 ,
219and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
220.Xr free 3 .
221.Pp
222The
223.Fn pw_mkdb
224function regenerates the password database by running
225.Xr pw_mkdb 8 .
226If
227.Fa user
228only the record corresponding to that user will be updated.
229The
230.Fn pw_mkdb
231function returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
232.Pp
233The
234.Fn pw_lock
235function locks the master password file.
236It returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
237.Pp
238The
239.Fn pw_scan
240function is a wrapper around the internal libc function
241.Fn __pw_scan .
242It scans the master password file for a line corresponding to the
243.Fa line
244provided and return a
245.Vt struct passwd
246if it matched an existing record.
247In case of failure, it returns
248.Dv NULL .
249Otherwise, it returns a pointer to a
250.Vt struct passwd
251containing the matching record.
252The
253.Vt struct passwd
254is allocated with
255.Xr malloc 3 ,
256and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
257.Xr free 3 .
258.Pp
259The
260.Fn pw_tempname
261function returns the temporary name of the masterfile created via
262.Fn pw_tmp .
263.Pp
264The
265.Fn pw_tmp
266creates and opens a presumably safe temporary password file.
267If
268.Fa mfd
269is a file descriptor to an open password file, it will be read and
270written back to the temporary password file.
271Otherwise if should be set -1.
272The
273.Fn pw_tmp
274returns an open file descriptor to the temporary password file or -1 in case of
275failure.
276.Sh AUTHORS
277Portions of this software were developed for the
278.Fx
279Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
280Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
281DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
282.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
283as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
284.Pp
285This manual page was written by
286.An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org .
287