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.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 32.Dd August 24, 2005 33.Dt GETENT 1 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm getent 37.Nd get entries from administrative database 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Ar database 41.Op Ar key ... 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm 45utility retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 46database specified by 47.Ar database , 48using the lookup order specified in 49.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 50The display format for a given 51.Ar database 52is as per the 53.Dq traditional 54file format for that database. 55.Pp 56The 57.Ar database 58argument may be one of: 59.Pp 60.Bl -column ".Li netgroup" -offset indent -compact 61.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 62.It Li ethers Ta address name 63.It Li group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 64.It Li hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 65.It Li networks Ta name network [alias ...] 66.It Li passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 67.It Li protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 68.It Li rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 69.It Li services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 70.It Li shells Ta /path/to/shell 71.It Li utmpx Ta [time] type: properties 72.El 73.Pp 74If one or more 75.Ar key 76arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 77.Ar database 78using the appropriate function. 79For example, 80.Dq Li passwd 81supports a numeric UID or user name; 82.Dq Li hosts 83supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 84and 85.Dq Li services 86supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 87numeric port/protocol name. 88.Pp 89If no 90.Ar key 91is provided and 92.Ar database 93supports enumeration, all entries for 94.Ar database 95will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 96.Sh EXIT STATUS 97The 98.Nm 99utility exits 0 on success, 1001 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1012 if one of the specified key names was not found in 102.Ar database , 103or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 104.Ar database . 105.Sh SEE ALSO 106.Xr getutxent 3 , 107.Xr ethers 5 , 108.Xr group 5 , 109.Xr hosts 5 , 110.Xr networks 5 , 111.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 112.Xr passwd 5 , 113.Xr protocols 5 , 114.Xr rpc 5 , 115.Xr services 5 , 116.Xr shells 5 117.Sh HISTORY 118A 119.Nm 120command appeared in 121.Nx 3.0 , 122and was imported into 123.Fx 7.0 . 124It was based on the command of the same name in 125.Tn Solaris 126and 127.Tn Linux . 128