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posix_getpwuid
(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 , PHP 5) posix_getpwuid -- Return info about a user by user id Descriptionarray posix_getpwuid ( int uid )
Returns an associative array containing information about a user
referenced by a numeric user ID, passed in the
uid parameter.
The array elements returned are:
Table 1. The user information array | Element | Description |
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| 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.
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