1.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.25 2017/10/23 01:06:05 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.\" 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 October 11, 2011 31.Dt GETENT 1 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm getent , 35.Nm getcap 36.Nd get entries from administrative databases 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm getent 39.Ar database 40.Op Ar key ... 41.Nm getcap 42.Ar database 43.Op Ar key ... 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 48database specified by 49.Ar database , 50using the lookup order specified in 51.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 52The display format for a given 53.Ar database 54is as per the 55.Dq traditional 56file format for that database. 57.Pp 58.Ar database 59may be one of: 60.Bl -column "protocols" "user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell" -offset indent -compact 61.It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 62.It disktab Ta entry 63.It ethers Ta address name 64.It gettytab Ta entry 65.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 66.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 67.It netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...] 68.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] 69.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 70.It printcap Ta entry 71.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 72.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 73.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 74.It shells Ta /path/to/shell 75.El 76.Pp 77If one or more 78.Ar key 79arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 80.Ar database 81using the appropriate function. 82For example, 83.Sy passwd 84supports a numeric UID or user name; 85.Sy hosts 86supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 87and 88.Sy services 89supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 90numeric port/protocol name. 91.Pp 92If no 93.Ar key 94is provided and 95.Ar database 96supports enumeration, all entries for 97.Ar database 98will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 99.Pp 100For 101.Xr cgetcap 3 102style databases 103.Sy ( disktab , 104.Sy printcap ) 105specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more arguments 106after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values of the keys 107are returned. 108For boolean keys 109.Dv true 110is returned if the key is found. 111If a key is not found, then 112.Dv false 113is always 114returned. 115.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 116.Nm 117exits 0 on success, 1181 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1192 if one of the specified key names was not found in 120.Ar database , 121or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 122.Ar database . 123.Sh SEE ALSO 124.Xr cgetcap 3 , 125.Xr disktab 5 , 126.Xr ethers 5 , 127.Xr gettytab 5 , 128.Xr group 5 , 129.Xr hosts 5 , 130.Xr networks 5 , 131.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 132.Xr passwd 5 , 133.Xr printcap 5 , 134.Xr protocols 5 , 135.Xr rpc 5 , 136.Xr services 5 , 137.Xr shells 5 138.Sh HISTORY 139A 140.Nm 141command appeared in 142.Nx 3.0 . 143It was based on the command of the same name in Solaris and Linux. 144