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39.Dd August 24, 2005
40.Dt GETENT 1
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm getent
44.Nd get entries from administrative database
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Nm
47.Ar database
48.Op Ar key ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52utility retrieves and displays entries from the administrative
53database specified by
54.Ar database ,
55using the lookup order specified in
56.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
57The display format for a given
58.Ar database
59is as per the
60.Dq traditional
61file format for that database.
62.Pp
63The
64.Ar database
65argument may be one of:
66.Pp
67.Bl -column ".Li netgroup" -offset indent -compact
68.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format
69.It Li ethers Ta address name
70.It Li group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
71.It Li hosts Ta address name [alias ...]
72.It Li networks Ta name network [alias ...]
73.It Li passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell
74.It Li protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...]
75.It Li rpc Ta name number [alias ...]
76.It Li services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...]
77.It Li shells Ta /path/to/shell
78.El
79.Pp
80If one or more
81.Ar key
82arguments are provided, they will be looked up in
83.Ar database
84using the appropriate function.
85For example,
86.Dq Li passwd
87supports a numeric UID or user name;
88.Dq Li hosts
89supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name;
90and
91.Dq Li services
92supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or
93numeric port/protocol name.
94.Pp
95If no
96.Ar key
97is provided and
98.Ar database
99supports enumeration, all entries for
100.Ar database
101will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed.
102.Sh EXIT STATUS
103The
104.Nm
105utility exits 0 on success,
1061 if there was an error in the command syntax,
1072 if one of the specified key names was not found in
108.Ar database ,
109or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on
110.Ar database .
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr ethers 5 ,
113.Xr group 5 ,
114.Xr hosts 5 ,
115.Xr networks 5 ,
116.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
117.Xr passwd 5 ,
118.Xr protocols 5 ,
119.Xr rpc 5 ,
120.Xr services 5 ,
121.Xr shells 5
122.Sh HISTORY
123A
124.Nm
125command appeared in
126.Nx 3.0 ,
127and was imported into
128.Fx 7.0 .
129It was based on the command of the same name in
130.Tn Solaris
131and
132.Tn Linux .
133