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.Dd June 18, 2001
.Dt PW_GETCONF 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pw_getconf
.Nd passwd configuration access function
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <util.h>
.Ft void
.Fn pw_getconf "char *data" "size_t len" "const char *key" "const char *option"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
This interface is made obsolete by
.Xr login_cap 3 .
The
.Fn pw_getconf
function will be removed in a future release of
.Ox .
.Ef
.Pp
The
.Fn pw_getconf
function reads
.Pa /etc/passwd.conf
and retrieves the value of the option specified
by
.Pa option
from the section given by
.Pa key .
If no suitable entry is found
for the
.Pa key
an empty string will be returned in data.
.Pp
For default values the key
.Pa default
can be used.
This might be useful when no entry was found
for a specific key or option.
.Pp
An empty string is also returned for other errors.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/passwd.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr login_cap 3 ,
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr passwd.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn pw_getconf
function appeared in
.Ox 2.1
and was deprecated in
.Ox 3.0 .