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<h3 class="section">36.9 Password Database Functions</h3>
<p>Octave’s password database functions return information in a structure
with the following fields.
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<dt><code>name</code></dt>
<dd><p>The user name.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>passwd</code></dt>
<dd><p>The encrypted password, if available.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>uid</code></dt>
<dd><p>The numeric user id.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>gid</code></dt>
<dd><p>The numeric group id.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>gecos</code></dt>
<dd><p>The GECOS field.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>dir</code></dt>
<dd><p>The home directory.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>shell</code></dt>
<dd><p>The initial shell.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>In the descriptions of the following functions, this data structure is
referred to as a <var>pw_struct</var>.
</p>
<a name="XREFgetpwent"></a><dl>
<dt><a name="index-getpwent"></a>Built-in Function: <em><var>pw_struct</var> =</em> <strong>getpwent</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return a structure containing an entry from the password database,
opening it if necessary. Once the end of the data has been reached,
<code>getpwent</code> returns 0.
</p></dd></dl>
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<dt><a name="index-getpwuid"></a>Built-in Function: <em><var>pw_struct</var> =</em> <strong>getpwuid</strong> <em>(<var>uid</var>).</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database
with the user ID <var>uid</var>. If the user ID does not exist in the
database, <code>getpwuid</code> returns 0.
</p></dd></dl>
<a name="XREFgetpwnam"></a><dl>
<dt><a name="index-getpwnam"></a>Built-in Function: <em><var>pw_struct</var> =</em> <strong>getpwnam</strong> <em>(<var>name</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database
with the user name <var>name</var>. If the user name does not exist in the
database, <code>getpwname</code> returns 0.
</p></dd></dl>
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<dt><a name="index-setpwent"></a>Built-in Function: <em></em> <strong>setpwent</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dd><p>Return the internal pointer to the beginning of the password database.
</p></dd></dl>
<a name="XREFendpwent"></a><dl>
<dt><a name="index-endpwent"></a>Built-in Function: <em></em> <strong>endpwent</strong> <em>()</em></dt>
<dd><p>Close the password database.
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