User::pwent
Overrides core getpwent, getpwuid, and getpwnam functions with versions that return
User::pwent objects. The object returned has methods with the same
names as the structure fields they return. That is, to return the
field name, use the name method:
use User::pwent;
$pw = getpwnam('daemon') or die "No daemon user";
if ( $pw->uid == 1 && $pw->dir =~ m#^/(bin|tmp)?$# ) {
print "gid 1 on root dir";
}The field names (and therefore the method names) are the same as
the names of the fields in the passwd structure
from the C file pwd.h: name,
passwd, uid,
gid, quota,
comment, gecos,
dir, and shell. You can
access the fields with the methods or by importing the fields into
your namespace with the :FIELDS import tag and prepending pw_ to the method name (for example,
pw_name). Exports four
functions.