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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: getpwnam on the NeXT
Message-ID: <1752@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 17 Jun 91 10:29:04 GMT
References: <3NG-_4-@engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <3NG-_4-@engin.umich.edu> cerberus@geo.lsa.umich.edu
	(R. Eric Bennett) writes:
>Is there an equivalent funtion for getpwnam() on the NeXT? getpwname() returns
>a structure according to a login name by reading the passwd file.  Of course,
>thanks to NetInfo, /etc/passwd doesn't have any valid users.  How do I get the
>user's info since it can't be looked up in the passwd file?

You're confused.  getpwnam() on the NeXT knows about NetInfo and
YP/NIS, and does "the right thing."  *DO NOT* attempt to read
/etc/passwd directly nor use getpw()--stick with getpwnam() and
getpwuid().  If you use setpwfile(), all bets are off.

					-=EPS=-