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Octave's password database functions return information in a structure with the following fields.
name
passwd
uid
gid
gecos
dir
shell
In the descriptions of the following functions, this data structure is referred to as a pw_struct.
Return a structure containing an entry from the password database, opening it if necessary. Once the end of the data has been reached,
getpwent
returns 0.
Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database with the user ID uid. If the user ID does not exist in the database,
getpwuid
returns 0.
Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database with the user name name. If the user name does not exist in the database,
getpwname
returns 0.