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Random man page:  getprpwuid(3) -- manipulate protected password database entries (for trusted systems only).
getprpwent, getprpwuid, getprpwaid, and getprpwnam each returns a pointer to a pr_passwd structure containing the broken-out fields of a line in the protected password database. Each line in the database contains a pr_passwd structure, declared in the header file: struct pr_field { /* Identity: */ char fd_name[9]; /* uses 8 character maximum(and NULL) from utmp */ uid_t fd_uid; /* uid ass...
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To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
first 10 lines, use "head filename".
		-- Dru
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