Name

getpwnam

Synopsis

$entry = getpwnam($username)

Returns an array of information about the user with the username username. The fields of the array are as follows:

  1. Username

  2. Password

  3. UID

  4. GID

  5. GECOS (Full name and other optional information)

  6. Home directory

  7. Shell

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