getpwent.cc

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#if defined (HAVE_CONFIG_H)
#  include "config.h"
#endif
 
#include <string>
 
#include <sys/types.h>
 
#include "oct-password.h"
 
#include "defun.h"
#include "error.h"
#include "errwarn.h"
#include "oct-map.h"
#include "ov.h"
#include "ovl.h"
#include "utils.h"
 
OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(octave)
 
// Password file functions.  (Why not?)
 
static octave_value
mk_pw_map (const sys::password& pw)
{
  octave_value retval;
 
  if (pw)
    {
      octave_scalar_map m;
 
      m.assign ("name", pw.name ());
      m.assign ("passwd", pw.passwd ());
      m.assign ("uid", static_cast<double> (pw.uid ()));
      m.assign ("gid", static_cast<double> (pw.gid ()));
      m.assign ("gecos", pw.gecos ());
      m.assign ("dir", pw.dir ());
      m.assign ("shell", pw.shell ());
 
      return octave_value (m);
    }
  else
    return octave_value (0);
}
 
DEFUN (getpwent, args, ,
       doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {@var{pw_struct} =} getpwent ()
Return a structure containing an entry from the password database,
opening it if necessary.
 
Once the end of the data has been reached, @code{getpwent} returns 0.
@seealso{setpwent, endpwent}
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 0)
    print_usage ();
 
  std::string msg;
 
  // sys::password::getpwent may set msg.
  octave_value val = mk_pw_map (sys::password::getpwent (msg));
 
  return ovl (val, msg);
}
 
DEFUN (getpwuid, args, ,
       doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {@var{pw_struct} =} getpwuid (@var{uid}).
Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database
with the user ID @var{uid}.
 
If the user ID does not exist in the database, @code{getpwuid} returns 0.
@seealso{getpwnam}
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 1)
    print_usage ();
 
  double dval = args(0).double_value ();
 
  if (math::x_nint (dval) != dval)
    error ("getpwuid: UID must be an integer");
 
  uid_t uid = static_cast<uid_t> (dval);
 
  std::string msg;
 
  // sys::password::getpwuid may set msg.
  octave_value val = mk_pw_map (sys::password::getpwuid (uid, msg));
 
  return ovl (val, msg);
}
 
DEFUN (getpwnam, args, ,
       doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {@var{pw_struct} =} getpwnam (@var{name})
Return a structure containing the first entry from the password database
with the user name @var{name}.
 
If the user name does not exist in the database, @code{getpwname} returns 0.
@seealso{getpwuid}
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 1)
    print_usage ();
 
  std::string s = args(0).string_value ();
 
  std::string msg;
 
  // sys::password::getpwnam may set msg.
  octave_value val = mk_pw_map (sys::password::getpwnam (s, msg));
 
  return ovl (val, msg);
}
 
DEFUN (setpwent, args, ,
       doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}] =} setpwent ()
Return the internal pointer to the beginning of the password database.
@seealso{getpwent, endpwent}
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 0)
    print_usage ();
 
  std::string msg;
 
  // sys::password::setpwent may set msg.
  int status = sys::password::setpwent (msg);
 
  return ovl (static_cast<double> (status), msg);
}
 
DEFUN (endpwent, args, ,
       doc: /* -*- texinfo -*-
@deftypefn {} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}] =} endpwent ()
Close the password database.
@seealso{getpwent, setpwent}
@end deftypefn */)
{
  if (args.length () != 0)
    print_usage ();
 
  std::string msg;
 
  // sys::password::endpwent may set msg.
  int status = sys::password::endpwent (msg);
 
  return ovl (static_cast<double> (status), msg);
}
 
OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)