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27.Dd July 26, 2018
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 void
63.Fn pw_initpwd "struct passwd *pw"
64.Ft "char *"
65.Fn pw_make "const struct passwd *pw"
66.Ft "char *"
67.Fn pw_make_v7 "const struct passwd *pw"
68.Ft int
69.Fn pw_mkdb "const char *user"
70.Ft int
71.Fn pw_lock "void"
72.Ft "struct passwd *"
73.Fn pw_scan "const char *line" "int flags"
74.Ft "const char *"
75.Fn pw_tempname "void"
76.Ft int
77.Fn pw_tmp "int mfd"
78.Sh DESCRIPTION
79The
80.Fn pw_copy
81function reads a password file from
82.Vt ffd
83and writes it back out to
84.Vt tfd
85possibly with modifications:
86.Bl -dash
87.It
88If
89.Fa pw
90is
91.Dv NULL
92and
93.Fa oldpw
94is not
95.Dv NULL ,
96then the record represented by
97.Fa oldpw
98will not be copied (corresponding to user deletion).
99.It
100If
101.Fa pw
102and
103.Fa oldpw
104are not
105.Dv NULL
106then the record corresponding to
107.Fa pw
108will be replaced by the record corresponding to
109.Fa oldpw .
110.It
111If
112.Vt pw
113is set and
114.Vt oldpw
115is
116.Dv NULL
117then the record corresponding to
118.Vt pw
119will be appended (corresponding to user addition).
120.El
121.Pp
122The
123.Fn pw_copy
124function returns -1 in case of failure otherwise 0.
125.Pp
126The
127.Fn pw_dup
128function duplicates the
129.Vt struct passwd
130pointed to by
131.Fa pw
132and returns a pointer to the copy, or
133.Dv NULL
134in case of failure.
135The new
136.Vt struct passwd
137is allocated with
138.Xr malloc 3 ,
139and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
140.Xr free 3 .
141.Pp
142The
143.Fn pw_edit
144function invokes the command specified by the
145.Ev EDITOR
146environment variable (or
147.Pa /usr/bin/vi
148if
149.Ev EDITOR
150is not defined)
151on a temporary copy of the master password file created by
152.Fn pw_tmp .
153If the file was modified,
154.Fn pw_edit
155installs it and regenerates the password database.
156The
157.Fn pw_edit
158function returns -1 in case of failure, 0 if the file was not modified,
159and a non-zero positive number if the file was modified and successfully
160installed.
161.Pp
162The
163.Fn pw_equal
164function compares two
165.Vt struct passwd
166and returns 0 if they are equal.
167.Pp
168The
169.Fn pw_fini
170function destroy the temporary file created by
171.Fn pw_tmp
172if any,
173kills any running instance of
174.Ev EDITOR
175executed by
176.Fn pw_edit
177if any,
178and closes the lock created by
179.Fn pw_lock
180if any.
181.Pp
182The
183.Fn pw_init
184initializes the static variable representing the path to a password file.
185.Fa dir
186is the directory where the password file is located.
187If set to
188.Dv NULL ,
189it will default to
190.Pa /etc .
191.Fa master
192is the name of the password file.
193If set to
194.Dv NULL?
195it will default to
196.Pa master.passwd
197.Pp
198The
199.Fn pw_initpwd
200function initializes the
201.Vt passwd
202struct to canonical values.
203The entire structure is zeroed, then
204.Va pw_uid
205and
206.Va pw_gid
207are set to -1, and all string pointers are set to point at
208an internally-defined zero-length string.
209.Pp
210The
211.Fn pw_make
212function creates a properly formatted
213.Bx
214.Xr passwd 5
215line from a
216.Vt struct passwd ,
217and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
218The string is allocated with
219.Xr malloc 3 ,
220and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
221.Xr free 3 .
222.Pp
223The
224.Fn pw_make_v7
225function creates a properly formatted
226.Ux V7
227.Xr passwd 5
228line from a
229.Vt struct passwd ,
230and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
231The string is allocated with
232.Xr malloc 3 ,
233and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
234.Xr free 3 .
235.Pp
236The
237.Fn pw_mkdb
238function regenerates the password database by running
239.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
240If
241.Fa user
242only the record corresponding to that user will be updated.
243The
244.Fn pw_mkdb
245function returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
246.Pp
247The
248.Fn pw_lock
249function locks the master password file.
250It returns a file descriptor to the master password file on success
251and -1 on failure.
252.Pp
253The
254.Fn pw_scan
255function is a wrapper around the internal libc function
256.Fn __pw_scan .
257It scans the master password file for a line corresponding to the
258.Fa line
259provided and return a
260.Vt struct passwd
261if it matched an existing record.
262In case of failure, it returns
263.Dv NULL .
264Otherwise, it returns a pointer to a
265.Vt struct passwd
266containing the matching record.
267The
268.Vt struct passwd
269is allocated with
270.Xr malloc 3 ,
271and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
272.Xr free 3 .
273.Pp
274The
275.Fn pw_tempname
276function returns the temporary name of the masterfile created via
277.Fn pw_tmp .
278.Pp
279The
280.Fn pw_tmp
281creates and opens a presumably safe temporary password file.
282If
283.Fa mfd
284is a file descriptor to an open password file, it will be read and
285written back to the temporary password file.
286Otherwise if should be set -1.
287The
288.Fn pw_tmp
289returns an open file descriptor to the temporary password file or -1 in case of
290failure.
291.Sh AUTHORS
292Portions of this software were developed for the
293.Fx
294Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
295Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
296DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
297.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
298as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
299.Pp
300This manual page was written by
301.An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org .
302