1.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.19 2009/03/15 15:19:57 joerg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Luke Mewburn. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd May 14, 2008 31.Dt GETENT 1 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm getent 35.Nd get entries from administrative database 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Ar database 39.Op Ar key ... 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The 42.Nm 43program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 44database specified by 45.Ar database , 46using the lookup order specified in 47.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 48The display format for a given 49.Ar database 50is as per the 51.Dq traditional 52file format for that database. 53.Pp 54.Ar database 55may be one of: 56.Bl -column "protocols" "user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell" -offset indent -compact 57.It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 58.It disktab Ta entry 59.It ethers Ta address name 60.It gettytab Ta entry 61.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 62.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 63.It netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...] 64.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] 65.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 66.It printcap Ta entry 67.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 68.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 69.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 70.It shells Ta /path/to/shell 71.It termcap Ta entry 72.El 73.Pp 74If one or more 75.Ar key 76arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 77.Ar database 78using the appropriate function. 79For example, 80.Sy passwd 81supports a numeric UID or user name; 82.Sy hosts 83supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 84and 85.Sy services 86supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 87numeric port/protocol name. 88.Pp 89If no 90.Ar key 91is provided and 92.Ar database 93supports enumeration, all entries for 94.Ar database 95will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 96.Pp 97For 98.Xr cgetcap 3 99style databases ( 100.Sy disktab , 101.Sy printcap , 102.Sy termcap ) 103specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more arguments 104after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values of the keys 105are returned. 106For boolean keys 107.Dv true 108is returned if the key is found. If a key is not found, then 109.Dv false 110is always 111returned. 112.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 113.Nm 114exits 0 on success, 1151 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1162 if one of the specified key names was not found in 117.Ar database , 118or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 119.Ar database . 120.Sh SEE ALSO 121.Xr cgetcap 3 , 122.Xr disktab 5 , 123.Xr ethers 5 , 124.Xr gettytab 5 , 125.Xr group 5 , 126.Xr hosts 5 , 127.Xr networks 5 , 128.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 129.Xr passwd 5 , 130.Xr protocols 5 , 131.Xr printcap 5 , 132.Xr rpc 5 , 133.Xr services 5 , 134.Xr shells 5 , 135.Xr termcap 5 136.Sh HISTORY 137A 138.Nm 139command appeared in 140.Nx 3.0 . 141It was based on the command of the same name in 142.Tn Solaris 143and 144.Tn Linux . 145