(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 >= 4.0b4) 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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