1.\" $NetBSD: pw_getconf.3,v 1.5 2002/02/07 07:00:52 ross Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Niels Provos. 17.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 18.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 22.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 24.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 25.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 26.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 27.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 28.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 29.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.\" from OpenBSD: pw_getconf.3,v 1.5 1999/09/21 04:52:46 csapuntz Exp 32.\" 33.Dd July 6, 2000 34.Dt PW_GETCONF 3 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm pw_getconf 38.Nd password encryption configuration access function 39.Sh LIBRARY 40.Lb libutil 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt] 43.Ft void 44.Fn pw_getconf "char *data" "size_t len" "const char *key" "const char *option" 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Fn pw_getconf 48function reads 49.Pa /etc/passwd.conf 50and retrieves the value of the option specified 51by 52.Pa option 53from the section given by 54.Pa key . 55If no suitable entry is found 56for the 57.Pa key 58an empty string will be returned in data. 59.Pp 60To retrieve default values the key 61.Pa default 62can be used. In this case, if 63.Pa /etc/passwd.conf 64does not exist or does not contain a 65.Pa default 66section, the built-in defaults will be returned. They are as follows: 67.Bl -column localcipher data -offset indent 68.It Sy option data 69.It ypcipher old 70.It localcipher old 71.El 72.Pp 73An empty string is returned for all errors. 74.Sh FILES 75.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd.conf -compact 76.It Pa /etc/passwd.conf 77.El 78.Sh SEE ALSO 79.Xr passwd 5 , 80.Xr passwd.conf 5 81.Sh HISTORY 82The 83.Fn pw_getconf 84function first appeared in 85.Nx 1.6 . 86