1.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.13 2005/09/11 23:16:15 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Luke Mewburn. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd October 24, 2020 31.Dt GETENT 1 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm getent 35.Nd get entries from administrative database 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Ar database 39.Op Ar key ... 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The 42.Nm 43utility retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 44database specified by 45.Ar database , 46using the lookup order specified in 47.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 48The display format for a given 49.Ar database 50is as per the 51.Dq traditional 52file format for that database. 53.Pp 54The 55.Ar database 56argument may be one of: 57.Pp 58.Bl -column ".Li netgroup" -offset indent -compact 59.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 60.It Li ethers Ta address name 61.It Li group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 62.It Li hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 63.It Li netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...] 64.It Li networks Ta name network [alias ...] 65.It Li passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 66.It Li protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 67.It Li rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 68.It Li services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 69.It Li shells Ta /path/to/shell 70.It Li utmpx Ta [time] type: properties 71.El 72.Pp 73If one or more 74.Ar key 75arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 76.Ar database 77using the appropriate function. 78For example, 79.Dq Li passwd 80supports a numeric UID or user name; 81.Dq Li hosts 82supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 83and 84.Dq Li services 85supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 86numeric port/protocol name. 87.Pp 88If no 89.Ar key 90is provided and 91.Ar database 92supports enumeration, all entries for 93.Ar database 94will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 95.Sh EXIT STATUS 96The 97.Nm 98utility exits 0 on success, 991 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1002 if one of the specified key names was not found in 101.Ar database , 102or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 103.Ar database . 104.Sh EXAMPLES 105Show entry for user sshd from the passwd database: 106.Bd -literal -offset indent 107$ getent passwd sshd 108sshd:*:22:22:Secure Shell Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin 109.Ed 110.Pp 111Show entry for TCP from the protocols database: 112.Bd -literal -offset indent 113$ getent protocols tcp 114tcp 6 TCP 115.Ed 116.Pp 117Show entry for the localhost IPv6 address ::1 from the hosts database: 118.Bd -literal -offset indent 119$ getent hosts ::1 120::1 localhost localhost.my.domain 121.Ed 122.Sh SEE ALSO 123.Xr getutxent 3 , 124.Xr ethers 5 , 125.Xr group 5 , 126.Xr hosts 5 , 127.Xr netgroup 5 , 128.Xr networks 5 , 129.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 130.Xr passwd 5 , 131.Xr protocols 5 , 132.Xr rpc 5 , 133.Xr services 5 , 134.Xr shells 5 135.Sh HISTORY 136A 137.Nm 138command appeared in 139.Nx 3.0 , 140and was imported into 141.Fx 7.0 . 142It was based on the command of the same name in Solaris and Linux. 143