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37.Dd December 22, 2002
38.Dt UTIL 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm util
42.Nd system utilities library
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libutil
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48library is the system utilities library and contains various
49system-dependent utility routines used in a wide variety of system daemons.
50The abstracted functions are mostly related to pseudo-terminals
51and login accounting.
52These routines are
53.Nx Ns -specific
54and are not portable.
55Their use should be restricted.
56Declarations for these functions may be obtained from the include file
57.Pa \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] .
58.Sh LIST OF FUNCTIONS
59.sp 2
60.nf
61.ta \w'getmaxpartitions.3'u+2n +\w'get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk'u
62\fIName/Page\fP	\fIDescription\fP
63.ta \w'getmaxpartitions.3'u+2n +\w'get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk'u+6nC
64.sp 5p
65disklabel_dkcksum.3	compute the checksum for a disklabel
66disklabel_scan.3	scan a buffer for a valid disklabel
67forkpty.3	tty utility function
68getbootfile.3	get the name of the booted kernel file
69getlabeloffset.3	get the sector number and offset of the disklabel
70getlabelsector.3	get the sector number and offset of the disklabel
71getmaxpartitions.3	get the maximum number of partitions allowed per disk
72getrawpartition.3	get the system ``raw'' partition
73login.3	login utility function
74login_cap.3	query login.conf database about a user class
75login_close.3	query login.conf database about a user class
76login_getcapbool.3	query login.conf database about a user class
77login_getcapnum.3	query login.conf database about a user class
78login_getcapsize.3	query login.conf database about a user class
79login_getcapstr.3	query login.conf database about a user class
80login_getcaptime.3	query login.conf database about a user class
81login_getclass.3	query login.conf database about a user class
82login_tty.3	tty utility function
83loginx.3	login utility function
84logout.3	login utility function
85logoutx.3	login utility function
86logwtmp.3	login utility function
87logwtmpx.3	login utility function
88opendisk.3	open a disk partition
89openpty.3	tty utility function
90pidfile.3	write a daemon pid file
91pidlock.3	locks based on files containing PIDs
92pw_abort.3	passwd file update function
93pw_copy.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
94pw_edit.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
95pw_error.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
96pw_getconf.3	password encryption configuration access function
97pw_getprefix.3	passwd file update function
98pw_init.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
99pw_lock.3	passwd file update function
100pw_mkdb.3	passwd file update function
101pw_prompt.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
102pw_scan.3	utility function for interactive passwd file updates
103pw_setprefix.3	passwd file update function
104secure_path.3	determine if a file appears to be ``secure''
105setclasscontext.3	query login.conf database about a user class
106setusercontext.3	query login.conf database about a user class
107snprintb.3	bitmask output conversion
108ttyaction.3	ttyaction utility function
109ttylock.3	locks based on files containing PIDs
110ttymsg.3	ttymsg utility function
111ttyunlock.3	locks based on files containing PIDs
112.fi
113.Sh FILES
114.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/libutil_p.a -compact
115.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil.a
116static util library
117.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil.so
118dynamic util library
119.It Pa /usr/lib/libutil_p.a
120static util library compiled for profiling
121.El
122