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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" $FreeBSD$ 38.\" 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 52program 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 63.Ar database 64may be one of: 65.Bl -column "netgroup" -offset indent -compact 66.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 67.It ethers Ta address name 68.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 69.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 70.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] 71.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 72.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 73.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 74.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 75.It shells Ta /path/to/shell 76.El 77.Pp 78If one or more 79.Ar key 80arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 81.Ar database 82using the appropriate function. 83For example, 84.Sy passwd 85supports a numeric UID or user name; 86.Sy hosts 87supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 88and 89.Sy services 90supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 91numeric port/protocol name. 92.Pp 93If no 94.Ar key 95is provided and 96.Ar database 97supports enumeration, all entries for 98.Ar database 99will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 100.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 101.Nm 102exits 0 on success, 1031 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1042 if one of the specified key names was not found in 105.Ar database , 106or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 107.Ar database . 108.Sh SEE ALSO 109.Xr ethers 5 , 110.Xr group 5 , 111.Xr hosts 5 , 112.Xr networks 5 , 113.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 114.Xr passwd 5 , 115.Xr protocols 5 , 116.Xr rpc 5 , 117.Xr services 5 , 118.Xr shells 5 119.Sh HISTORY 120A 121.Nm 122command appeared in 123.Nx 3.0 , 124and was imported into 125.Fx 7.0 . 126It was based on the command of the same name in 127.Tn Solaris 128and 129.Tn Linux . 130