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44 .Nd get entries from administrative database
52 utility retrieves and displays entries from the administrative
55 using the lookup order specified in
57 The display format for a given
61 file format for that database.
65 argument may be one of:
67 .Bl -column ".Li netgroup" -offset indent -compact
68 .Sy Database Ta Sy Display format
69 .It Li ethers Ta address name
70 .It Li group Ta group:passwd:gid:[member[,member]...]
71 .It Li hosts Ta address name [alias ...]
72 .It Li networks Ta name network [alias ...]
73 .It Li passwd Ta user:passwd:uid:gid:gecos:home_dir:shell
74 .It Li protocols Ta name protocol [alias ...]
75 .It Li rpc Ta name number [alias ...]
76 .It Li services Ta name port/protocol [alias ...]
77 .It Li shells Ta /path/to/shell
82 arguments are provided, they will be looked up in
84 using the appropriate function.
87 supports a numeric UID or user name;
89 supports an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or host name;
92 supports a service name, service name/protocol name, numeric port, or
93 numeric port/protocol name.
99 supports enumeration, all entries for
101 will be retrieved using the appropriate enumeration function and printed.
105 utility exits 0 on success,
106 1 if there was an error in the command syntax,
107 2 if one of the specified key names was not found in
109 or 3 if there is no support for enumeration on
116 .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
127 and was imported into
129 It was based on the command of the same name in