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GETENT(1)               NetBSD General Commands Manual               GETENT(1)


NAME

     getent -- get entries from administrative database


SYNOPSIS

     getent database [key ...]


DESCRIPTION

     The getent program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative
     database specified by database, using the lookup order specified in
     nsswitch.conf(5).  The display format for a given database is as per the
     ``traditional'' file format for that database.

     database may be one of:
           Database    Display format
           ethers      address name
           group       group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
           hosts       address name [alias ...]
           networks    name network [alias ...]
           passwd      user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir_shell
           protocols   name protocol [alias ...]
           rpc         name number [alias ...]
           services    name port/protocol [alias ...]
           shells      /path/to/shell

     If one or more key arguments are provided, they will be looked up in
     database using the appropriate function.  For example, passwd supports a
     numeric UID or user name, and hosts supports an IPv4 address, IPv6
     address, or host name.

     If no key is provided and database supports enumeration, all entries for
     database will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and
     printed.


DIAGNOSTICS

     getent exits 0 on success, 1 if there was an error in the command syntax,
     2 if one of the specified key names was not found in database, or 3 if
     there is no support for enumeration on database.


SEE ALSO

     ethers(5), group(5), hosts(5), networks(5), nsswitch.conf(5), passwd(5),
     protocols(5), rpc(5), services(5), shells(5)


HISTORY

     A getent command appeared in NetBSD 3.0.  It was based on the command of
     the same name in Solaris and Linux.

NetBSD 3.0                      August 24, 2005                     NetBSD 3.0