GETENT
Section: Debian GNU/Linux (1)
Updated: lenny
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NAME
getent - get entries from administrative database
SYNOPSIS
getent database [
key ...]
DESCRIPTION
The
getent program gathers entries from the specified
administrative database using the specified search keys.
Where
database is one of passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols,
or networks.
EXIT VALUES
The
getent command exits with the following values:
- 0
-
Success
- 1
-
Unknown database
- 2
-
Key not found in database
- 3
-
Database does not support enumeration
AUTHOR
getent was written by Thorsten Kukuk for the GNU C Library.
This man page was written by Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org> for
the Debian GNU/Linux system.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- EXIT VALUES
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