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GETUSERSHELL(3)
GETUSERSHELL(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETUSERSHELL(3)

NAME

getusershell, setusershell, endusershell - get permitted user shells

SYNOPSIS

#include
<unistd.h>
 
char
*getusershell(void);
 
void
setusershell(void);
 
void
endusershell(void);

 

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
 
getusershell(), setusershell(), endusershell():
_BSD_SOURCE || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500)

DESCRIPTION

The getusershell() function returns the next line from the file /etc/shells, opening the file if necessary. The line should contain the pathname of a valid user shell. If /etc/shells does not exist or is unreadable, getusershell() behaves as if /bin/sh and /bin/csh were listed in the file.

The setusershell() function rewinds /etc/shells.

The endusershell() function closes /etc/shells.

RETURN VALUE

The getusershell() function returns a NULL pointer on end-of-file.

FILES


/etc/shells

ATTRIBUTES

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The getusershell(), setusershell() and endusershell() functions are not thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO

4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

shells(5)

COLOPHON

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