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Unix-specific services

pwd

Unixnot WASInot iOS

This module provides access to the Unix password database.
It is available on all Unix versions.

Password database entries are reported as 7-tuples containing the following
items from the password database (see `<pwd.h>'), in order:
pw_name, pw_passwd, pw_uid, pw_gid, pw_gecos, pw_dir, pw_shell.
The uid and gid items are integers, all others are strings. An
exception is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.
Symbols in pwd

g

getpwall
Return a list of all available password database entries, in arbitrary order.
getpwnam
Return the password database entry for the given user name.
getpwuid
Return the password database entry for the given numeric user ID.