1.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.23 2011/10/11 20:39:40 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.Nd get entries from administrative databases 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm getent 38.Ar database 39.Op Ar key ... 40.Nm getcap 41.Ar database 42.Op Ar key ... 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 47database specified by 48.Ar database , 49using the lookup order specified in 50.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . 51The display format for a given 52.Ar database 53is as per the 54.Dq traditional 55file format for that database. 56.Pp 57.Ar database 58may be one of: 59.Bl -column "protocols" "user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell" -offset indent -compact 60.It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 61.It disktab Ta entry 62.It ethers Ta address name 63.It gettytab Ta entry 64.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 65.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 66.It netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...] 67.It networks Ta name network [alias ...] 68.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 69.It printcap Ta entry 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.Pp 99For 100.Xr cgetcap 3 101style databases 102.Sy ( disktab , 103.Sy printcap ) 104specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more arguments 105after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values of the keys 106are returned. 107For boolean keys 108.Dv true 109is returned if the key is found. 110If a key is not found, then 111.Dv false 112is always 113returned. 114.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 115.Nm 116exits 0 on success, 1171 if there was an error in the command syntax, 1182 if one of the specified key names was not found in 119.Ar database , 120or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on 121.Ar database . 122.Sh SEE ALSO 123.Xr cgetcap 3 , 124.Xr disktab 5 , 125.Xr ethers 5 , 126.Xr gettytab 5 , 127.Xr group 5 , 128.Xr hosts 5 , 129.Xr networks 5 , 130.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , 131.Xr passwd 5 , 132.Xr printcap 5 , 133.Xr protocols 5 , 134.Xr rpc 5 , 135.Xr services 5 , 136.Xr shells 5 137.Sh HISTORY 138A 139.Nm 140command appeared in 141.Nx 3.0 . 142It was based on the command of the same name in 143.Tn Solaris 144and 145.Tn Linux . 146