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getent(1)                General Commands Manual               getent(1)

NAME         top

       getent - get entries from Name Service Switch libraries

SYNOPSIS         top

       getent [option]... database key...

DESCRIPTION         top

       The getent command displays entries from databases supported by
       the Name Service Switch libraries, which are configured in
       /etc/nsswitch.conf.  If one or more key arguments are provided,
       then only the entries that match the supplied keys will be
       displayed.  Otherwise, if no key is provided, all entries will be
       displayed (unless the database does not support enumeration).

       The database may be any of those supported by the GNU C Library,
       listed below:

          ahosts When no key is provided, use sethostent(3),
                 gethostent(3), and endhostent(3) to enumerate the hosts
                 database.  This is identical to using hosts.  When one
                 or more key arguments are provided, pass each key in
                 succession to getaddrinfo(3) with the address family
                 AF_UNSPEC, enumerating each socket address structure
                 returned.

          ahostsv4
                 Same as ahosts, but use the address family AF_INET.

          ahostsv6
                 Same as ahosts, but use the address family AF_INET6.
                 The call to getaddrinfo(3) in this case includes the
                 AI_V4MAPPED flag.

          aliases
                 When no key is provided, use setaliasent(3),
                 getaliasent(3), and endaliasent(3) to enumerate the
                 aliases database.  When one or more key arguments are
                 provided, pass each key in succession to
                 getaliasbyname(3) and display the result.

          ethers When one or more key arguments are provided, pass each
                 key in succession to ether_aton(3) and ether_hostton(3)
                 until a result is obtained, and display the result.
                 Enumeration is not supported on ethers, so a key must
                 be provided.

          group  When no key is provided, use setgrent(3), getgrent(3),
                 and endgrent(3) to enumerate the group database.  When
                 one or more key arguments are provided, pass each
                 numeric key to getgrgid(3) and each nonnumeric key to
                 getgrnam(3) and display the result.

          gshadow
                 When no key is provided, use setsgent(3), getsgent(3),
                 and endsgent(3) to enumerate the gshadow database.
                 When one or more key arguments are provided, pass each
                 key in succession to getsgnam(3) and display the
                 result.

          hosts  When no key is provided, use sethostent(3),
                 gethostent(3), and endhostent(3) to enumerate the hosts
                 database.  When one or more key arguments are provided,
                 pass each key to gethostbyaddr(3) or gethostbyname2(3),
                 depending on whether a call to inet_pton(3) indicates
                 that the key is an IPv6 or IPv4 address or not, and
                 display the result.

          initgroups
                 When one or more key arguments are provided, pass each
                 key in succession to getgrouplist(3) and display the
                 result.  Enumeration is not supported on initgroups, so
                 a key must be provided.

          netgroup
                 When one key is provided, pass the key to
                 setnetgrent(3) and, using getnetgrent(3) display the
                 resulting string triple (hostname, username,
                 domainname).  Alternatively, three keys may be
                 provided, which are interpreted as the hostname,
                 username, and domainname to match to a netgroup name
                 via innetgr(3).  Enumeration is not supported on
                 netgroup, so either one or three keys must be provided.

          networks
                 When no key is provided, use setnetent(3),
                 getnetent(3), and endnetent(3) to enumerate the
                 networks database.  When one or more key arguments are
                 provided, pass each numeric key to getnetbyaddr(3) and
                 each nonnumeric key to getnetbyname(3) and display the
                 result.

          passwd When no key is provided, use setpwent(3), getpwent(3),
                 and endpwent(3) to enumerate the passwd database.  When
                 one or more key arguments are provided, pass each
                 numeric key to getpwuid(3) and each nonnumeric key to
                 getpwnam(3) and display the result.

          protocols
                 When no key is provided, use setprotoent(3),
                 getprotoent(3), and endprotoent(3) to enumerate the
                 protocols database.  When one or more key arguments are
                 provided, pass each numeric key to getprotobynumber(3)
                 and each nonnumeric key to getprotobyname(3) and
                 display the result.

          rpc    When no key is provided, use setrpcent(3),
                 getrpcent(3), and endrpcent(3) to enumerate the rpc
                 database.  When one or more key arguments are provided,
                 pass each numeric key to getrpcbynumber(3) and each
                 nonnumeric key to getrpcbyname(3) and display the
                 result.

          services
                 When no key is provided, use setservent(3),
                 getservent(3), and endservent(3) to enumerate the
                 services database.  When one or more key arguments are
                 provided, pass each numeric key to getservbynumber(3)
                 and each nonnumeric key to getservbyname(3) and display
                 the result.

          shadow When no key is provided, use setspent(3), getspent(3),
                 and endspent(3) to enumerate the shadow database.  When
                 one or more key arguments are provided, pass each key
                 in succession to getspnam(3) and display the result.

OPTIONS         top

       -s service, --service service
              Override all databases with the specified service.  (Since
              glibc 2.2.5.)

       -s database:service, --service database:service
              Override only specified databases with the specified
              service.  The option may be used multiple times, but only
              the last service for each database will be used.  (Since
              glibc 2.4.)

       -i, --no-idn
              Disables IDN encoding in lookups for ahosts/getaddrinfo(3)
              (Since glibc-2.13.)

       -?, --help
              Print a usage summary and exit.

       --usage
              Print a short usage summary and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print the version number, license, and disclaimer of
              warranty for getent.

EXIT STATUS         top

       One of the following exit values can be returned by getent:

          0      Command completed successfully.

          1      Missing arguments, or database unknown.

          2      One or more supplied key could not be found in the
                 database.

          3      Enumeration not supported on this database.

SEE ALSO         top

       nsswitch.conf(5)

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