getpwnam

   The getpwnam function returns information about a user database
   entry for the specified name.

   The getpwnam_r function is a reentrant version of getpwnam.

   Format

     #include  <pwd.h>

     struct passwd *getpwnam  (const char *name); (ISO POSIX-1)

     struct passwd *getpwnam  (const char *name, . . . ); 
                              (DEC C Extension)

     int getpwnam_r  (const char *name, struct passwd *pwd,
                     char *buffer, size_t bufsize, struct  
                     passwd **result); (ISO POSIX-1),             
                     (Integrity servers, Alpha)

     int getpwnam_r  (const char *name, struct passwd *pwd,
                     char *buffer, size_t bufsize, struct  
                     passwd **result, . . . ); (DEC C Extension), 
                     (Integrity servers, Alpha)
 

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