1 GETENT(1M)                   Maintenance Commands                   GETENT(1M)
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   5 NAME
   6        getent - get entries from administrative database
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   8 SYNOPSIS
   9        getent database [key]...
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  12 DESCRIPTION
  13        getent gets a list of entries from the administrative database
  14        specified by database. The information generally comes from one or more
  15        of the sources that are specified for the database in
  16        /etc/nsswitch.conf.
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  19        database is the name of the database to be examined. This can be
  20        passwd, shadow, group, hosts, ipnodes, services, protocols, ethers,
  21        project, networks, or netmasks. For each of these databases, getent
  22        uses the appropriate library routines described in getpwnam(3C),
  23        getspnam(3C), getgrnam(3C), gethostbyaddr(3NSL), gethostbyname(3NSL),
  24        getipnodebyaddr(3SOCKET), getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
  25        getservbyname(3SOCKET), getprotobyname(3SOCKET), ethers(3SOCKET),
  26        getprojbyname(3PROJECT) and getnetbyname(3SOCKET), respectively.

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  29        Each key must be in a format appropriate for searching on the
  30        respective database. For example, it can be a username or numeric-uid
  31        for passwd; hostname or IP address for hosts; or service,
  32        service/protocol, port, or port/proto for services.
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  35        getent prints out the database entries that match each of the supplied
  36        keys, one per line, in the format of the matching administrative file:
  37        passwd(4), shadow(4), group(4), project(4), hosts(4), services(4),
  38        protocols(4), ethers(3SOCKET), networks(4), or netmasks(4). If no key
  39        is given, all entries returned by the corresponding enumeration library
  40        routine, for example, getpwent() or gethostent(), are printed.
  41        Enumeration is not supported on ipnodes.
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  43    Key Interpretation for passwd and group Databases
  44        When getent is invoked with database set to passwd, each key value is
  45        processed as follows:
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   1 GETENT(1M)                   Maintenance Commands                   GETENT(1M)
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   5 NAME
   6        getent - get entries from administrative database
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   8 SYNOPSIS
   9        getent database [key]...
  10 
  11 
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13        getent gets a list of entries from the administrative database
  14        specified by database. The information generally comes from one or more
  15        of the sources that are specified for the database in
  16        /etc/nsswitch.conf.
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  18 
  19        database is the name of the database to be examined. This can be
  20        passwd, shadow, group, hosts, ipnodes, services, protocols, ethers,
  21        project, networks, netmasks, or netgroup.  For each of these databases,
  22        getent uses the appropriate library routines described in getpwnam(3C),
  23        getspnam(3C), getgrnam(3C), gethostbyaddr(3NSL), gethostbyname(3NSL),
  24        getipnodebyaddr(3SOCKET), getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
  25        getservbyname(3SOCKET), getprotobyname(3SOCKET), ethers(3SOCKET),
  26        getprojbyname(3PROJECT), getnetbyname(3SOCKET), or getnetgrent(3C)
  27        respectively.
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  30        Each key must be in a format appropriate for searching on the
  31        respective database. For example, it can be a username or numeric-uid
  32        for passwd; hostname or IP address for hosts; or service,
  33        service/protocol, port, or port/proto for services.
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  36        getent prints out the database entries that match each of the supplied
  37        keys, one per line, in the format of the matching administrative file:
  38        passwd(4), shadow(4), group(4), project(4), hosts(4), services(4),
  39        protocols(4), ethers(3SOCKET), networks(4), or netmasks(4). If no key
  40        is given, all entries returned by the corresponding enumeration library
  41        routine, for example, getpwent() or gethostent(), are printed.
  42        Enumeration is not supported on ipnodes.
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  44    Key Interpretation for passwd and group Databases
  45        When getent is invoked with database set to passwd, each key value is
  46        processed as follows:
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