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getpwuid, getpwuid_r - search user database for a user ID
Návod, kniha: POSIX Programmer's Manual
#include <pwd.h>
 
 
struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t 
 uid);
 
int getpwuid_r(uid_t uid, struct passwd *pwd,
  char *buffer,
 
       size_t 
  bufsize, struct passwd
  **result);  
 
The 
getpwuid() function shall search the user database for an entry with
  a matching 
uid.
The 
getpwuid() function need not be reentrant. A function that is not
  required to be reentrant is not required to be thread-safe.
Applications wishing to check for error situations should set 
errno to 0
  before calling 
getpwuid(). If 
getpwuid() returns a null pointer
  and 
errno is set to non-zero, an error occurred.
The 
getpwuid_r() function shall update the 
passwd structure
  pointed to by 
pwd and store a pointer to that structure at the location
  pointed to by 
result. The structure shall contain an entry from the
  user database with a matching 
uid. Storage referenced by the structure
  is allocated from the memory provided with the 
buffer parameter, which
  is 
bufsize bytes in size. The maximum size needed for this buffer can
  be determined with the {_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX} 
sysconf() parameter. A
  NULL pointer shall be returned at the location pointed to by 
result on
  error or if the requested entry is not found.
The 
getpwuid() function shall return a pointer to a 
struct
  passwd with the structure as defined in 
<pwd.h> with a
  matching entry if found. A null pointer shall be returned if the requested
  entry is not found, or an error occurs. On error, 
errno shall be set to
  indicate the error.
The return value may point to a static area which is overwritten by a subsequent
  call to 
getpwent(), 
getpwnam(), or 
getpwuid().
If successful, the 
getpwuid_r() function shall return zero; otherwise, an
  error number shall be returned to indicate the error.
The 
getpwuid() and 
getpwuid_r() functions may fail if:
  - EIO
 
  - An I/O error has occurred.
 
  - EINTR
 
  - A signal was caught during getpwuid().
 
  - EMFILE
 
  - {OPEN_MAX} file descriptors are currently open in the
      calling process.
 
  - ENFILE
 
  - The maximum allowable number of files is currently open in
      the system.
    
 
   
The 
getpwuid_r() function may fail if:
  - ERANGE
 
  - Insufficient storage was supplied via buffer and
      bufsize to contain the data to be referenced by the resulting
      passwd structure.
    
 
   
The following sections are informative.
The following example gets the user database entry for the user with user ID 0
  (root).
 
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
...
uid_t id = 0;
struct passwd *pwd;
 
pwd = getpwuid(id);
 
The following example defines 
pws as a pointer to a structure of type
  
passwd, which is used to store the structure pointer returned by the
  call to the 
getpwuid() function. The 
geteuid() function shall
  return the effective user ID of the calling process; this is used as the
  search criteria for the 
getpwuid() function. The call to
  
getpwuid() shall return a pointer to the structure containing that user
  ID value.
 
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
...
struct passwd *pws;
pws = getpwuid(geteuid());
 
The following example uses 
getpwuid() to search the user database for a
  user ID that was previously stored in a 
stat structure, then prints out
  the user name if it is found. If the user is not found, the program prints the
  numeric value of the user ID for the entry.
 
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
...
struct stat statbuf;
struct passwd *pwd;
...
if ((pwd = getpwuid(statbuf.st_uid)) != NULL)
    printf(" %-8.8s", pwd->pw_name);
else
    printf(" %-8d", statbuf.st_uid);
 
Three names associated with the current process can be determined:
  
getpwuid( 
geteuid()) returns the name associated with the
  effective user ID of the process; 
getlogin() returns the name
  associated with the current login activity; and 
getpwuid(
  
getuid()) returns the name associated with the real user ID of the
  process.
The 
getpwuid_r() function is thread-safe and returns values in a
  user-supplied buffer instead of possibly using a static data area that may be
  overwritten by each call.
None.
None.
getpwnam() , 
geteuid() , 
getuid() , 
getlogin() , the
  Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
  
<limits.h>, 
<pwd.h>, 
<sys/types.h>
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE
  Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable
  Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue
  6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between
  this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original
  IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
  Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html
  .