name |
The name element
contains the username of the user. This is a short,
usually less than 16 character "handle" of the user,
not her real, full name. |
passwd |
The passwd element
contains the user's password in an encrypted format.
Often, for example on a system employing "shadow"
passwords, an asterisk is returned instead. |
uid |
User ID, should be
the same as the uid
parameter used when calling the function, and hence
redundant. |
gid |
The group ID of
the user. Use the function
posix_getgrgid() to resolve the group name
and a list of its members. |
gecos |
GECOS is an
obsolete term that refers to the finger information
field on a Honeywell batch processing system. The
field, however, lives on, and its contents have been
formalized by POSIX. The field contains a comma
separated list containing the user's full name,
office phone, office number, and home phone number.
On most systems, only the user's full name is
available. |
dir |
This element
contains the absolute path to the home directory of
the user. |
shell |
The shell element
contains the absolute path to the executable of the
user's default shell. |