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System Administration Commands getent(1M)
NAME
getent - get entries from administrative database
SYNOPSIS
getent database [key...]
DESCRIPTION
getent gets a list of entries from the administrative data-
base specified by database. The information generally comes
from one or more of the sources that are specified for the
database in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
database is the name of the database to be examined. This
can be passwd, group, hosts, ipnodes, services, protocols,
ethers, project, networks, or netmasks. For each of these
databases, getent uses the appropriate library routines
described in getpwnam(3C), getgrnam(3C),
gethostbyaddr(3NSL), gethostbyname(3NSL),
getipnodebyaddr(3SOCKET), getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
getservbyname(3SOCKET), getprotobyname(3SOCKET),
ethers(3SOCKET), getprojbyname(3PROJECT) and
getnetbyname(3SOCKET), respectively.
Each key must be in a format appropriate for searching on
the respective database. For example, it can be a username
or numeric-uid for passwd; hostname or IP address for hosts;
or service, service/protocol, port, or port/proto for ser-
vices.
getent prints out the database entries that match each of
the supplied keys, one per line, in the format of the match-
ing administrative file: passwd(4), group(4), project(4),
hosts(4), ipnodes(4), services(4), protocols(4),
ethers(3SOCKET), networks(4), or netmasks(4). If no key is
given, all entries returned by the corresponding enumeration
library routine, for example, getpwent() or gethostent(),
are printed. Enumeration is not supported on ipnodes.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
1 Command syntax was incorrect, an invalid option was
used, or an internal error occurred.
2 At least one of the specified entry names was not
found in the database.
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3 There is no support for enumeration on this data-
base.
FILES
/etc/nsswitch.conf name service switch configuration
file
/etc/passwd password file
/etc/group group file
/etc/inet/hosts IPv4 host name database
/etc/inet/ipnodes IPv4 and IPv6 host name database
/etc/services Internet services and aliases
/etc/project project file
/etc/protocols protocol name database
/etc/ethers Ethernet address to hostname data-
base or domain
/etc/networks network name database
/etc/netmasks network mask database
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ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
ethers(3SOCKET), getgrnam(3C), gethostbyaddr(3NSL),
gethostbyname(3NSL), gethostent(3NSL),
getipnodebyaddr(3SOCKET), getipnodebyname(3SOCKET),
getnetbyname(3SOCKET), getprojbyname(3PROJECT),
getprotobyname(3SOCKET), getpwnam(3C),
getservbyname(3SOCKET), group(4), hosts(4), ipnodes(4), net-
masks(4), networks(4), nsswitch.conf(4), passwd(4), pro-
ject(4), protocols(4), services(4), attributes(5)
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