1.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.13 2005/09/11 23:16:15 wiz 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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.Dd August 24, 2005 38.Dt GETENT 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm getent 42.Nd get entries from administrative database 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Ar database 46.Op Ar key ... 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 51database specified by 52.Ar database , 53using the lookup order specified in 54.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 55The display format for a given 56.Ar database 57is as per the 58.Dq traditional 59file format for that database. 60.Pp 61.Ar database 62may be one of: 63.Bl -column "netgroup" -offset indent -compact 64.Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 65.It ethers Ta address name 66.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 67.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 68.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] 69.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 70.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 71.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 72.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 73.It shells Ta /path/to/shell 74.El 75.Pp 76If one or more 77.Ar key 78arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 79.Ar database 80using the appropriate function. 81For example, 82.Sy passwd 83supports a numeric UID or user name; 84.Sy hosts 85supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 86and 87.Sy services 88supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 89numeric port/protocol name. 90.Pp 91If no 92.Ar key 93is provided and 94.Ar database 95supports enumeration, all entries for 96.Ar database 97will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 98.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 99.Nm 100exits 0 on success, 1011 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1022 if one of the specified key names was not found in 103.Ar database , 104or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 105.Ar database . 106.Sh SEE ALSO 107.Xr ethers 5 , 108.Xr group 5 , 109.Xr hosts 5 , 110.Xr networks 5 , 111.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 112.Xr passwd 5 , 113.Xr protocols 5 , 114.Xr rpc 5 , 115.Xr services 5 , 116.Xr shells 5 117.Sh HISTORY 118A 119.Nm 120command appeared in 121.Nx 3.0 . 122It was based on the command of the same name in 123.Tn Solaris 124and 125.Tn Linux . 126