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35 .Nd get entries from administrative database
43 program retrieves and displays entries from the administrative
46 using the lookup order specified in
48 The display format for a given
52 file format for that database.
56 .Bl -column "protocols" "user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell" -offset indent -compact
57 .It Sy Database Ta Sy Display format
59 .It ethers Ta address name
61 .It group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
62 .It hosts Ta address name [alias ...]
63 .It netgroup Ta (host,user,domain) [...]
64 .It networks Ta name network [alias ...]
65 .It passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell
67 .It protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...]
68 .It rpc Ta name number [alias ...]
69 .It services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...]
70 .It shells Ta /path/to/shell
76 arguments are provided, they will be looked up in
78 using the appropriate function.
81 supports a numeric UID or user name;
83 supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name;
86 supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or
87 numeric port/protocol name.
93 supports enumeration, all entries for
95 will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed.
103 specifying a key, lists the entry for that key, and specifying more arguments
104 after the key are used as fields in that key, and only the values of the keys
108 is returned if the key is found. If a key is not found, then
115 1 if there was an error in the command syntax,
116 2 if one of the specified key names was not found in
118 or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on
128 .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
141 It was based on the command of the same name in