> On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 10:57:56AM -0400, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> > These "extensions" date back to the late 1970's and PWB Unix 1.0. They
> > relate to password aging. The passwords use regular crypt(). If your
> > getpw*() functions don't terminate at the comma, then you can either use
> > strncmp() or replace the commas with NULs in-line [but beware of any
> > other problems that may cause].
>
> Since originally looking at it, I've noticed that it's easier to use
> strncmp() than attempting to terminate the string in the right place.
> Do you have any pointers to online sources of documentation for what
> these fields are used for?
>
# uname -a
HP-UX pehpcons B.10.20 U 9000/800 2003573131 unlimited-user license
# man getpwduid
getpwent(), getpwuid(), and getpwnam() locate an entry in the
/etc/passwd file, and return a pointer to an object of passwd
structure.
The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> and includes the
following
members:
char *pw_name; /* user name */
char *pw_passwd; /* encrypted password */
uid_t pw_uid; /* user id */
gid_t pw_gid; /* group id */
char *pw_age; /* password aging */
char *pw_comment;/* unused */
char *pw_gecos; /* user fullname, office, extension,
homephone*/
char *pw_dir; /* initial directory */
please let me know if there is anything i could do
Carlo
