1.\" $OpenBSD: getent.1,v 1.12 2014/10/24 10:23:32 schwarze Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: getent.1,v 1.13 2005/09/11 23:16:15 wiz Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Luke Mewburn. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 21.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 22.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 23.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2014 $ 32.Dt GETENT 1 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm getent 36.Nd get entries from administrative database 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm 39.Ar database 40.Op Ar key ... 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm 44program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative 45database specified by 46.Ar database . 47The order in which entries are looked up 48is defined by the specific database 49(for example, the lookup order for the 50.Dq hosts 51database is determined by 52.Xr resolv.conf 5 ) . 53The display format for a given 54.Ar database 55is as per the 56.Dq traditional 57file format for that database. 58.Pp 59.Ar database 60may be one of: 61.Bl -column "netgroup" -offset indent 62.It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format 63.It ethers Ta address name 64.It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...] 65.It hosts Ta address name [alias ...] 66.It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell 67.It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...] 68.It rpc Ta name number [alias ...] 69.It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...] 70.It shells Ta /path/to/shell 71.El 72.Pp 73If one or more 74.Ar key 75arguments are provided, they will be looked up in 76.Ar database 77using the appropriate function. 78For example, 79.Cm passwd 80supports a numeric UID or user name; 81.Cm hosts 82supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name; 83and 84.Cm services 85supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or 86numeric port/protocol name. 87.Pp 88If no 89.Ar key 90is provided and 91.Ar database 92supports enumeration, all entries for 93.Ar database 94will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed. 95.Sh EXIT STATUS 96The 97.Nm 98utility exits with one of the following values: 99.Pp 100.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact 101.It 0 102Success. 103.It 1 104There was an error in the command syntax. 105.It 2 106One of the specified key names was not found in 107.Ar database . 108.It 3 109There is no support for enumeration on 110.Ar database . 111.El 112.Sh SEE ALSO 113.Xr ethers 5 , 114.Xr group 5 , 115.Xr hosts 5 , 116.Xr passwd 5 , 117.Xr protocols 5 , 118.Xr rpc 5 , 119.Xr services 5 , 120.Xr shells 5 121.Sh HISTORY 122A 123.Nm 124command first appeared in 125.Ox 3.9 . 126It was based on the command of the same name in 127.Tn Solaris 128and 129.Tn Linux . 130