---
name: "AnyData::Format::Passwd"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libanydata-perl"
version: "0.12-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/AnyData::Format::Passwd"
---

# AnyData::Format::Passwd(3pm)

tied hash and DBI access to passwd files

## NAME

Passwd - tied hash and DBI access to passwd files

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use AnyData;
 my $users = adTie( 'Passwd', '/etc/passwd' );
 print $users->{jdoe}->{homedir};
 # ... other tied hash operations
 OR
 use DBI
 my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:AnyData:');
 $dbh->func('users','Passwd','/etc/passwd','ad_catalog');
 my $g7 = $dbh->selectall_arrayref( qq{
     SELECT username, homedir FROM users WHERE GID = '7'
 });
 # ... other DBI/SQL operations
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides a tied hash interface and a DBI/SQL interface to passwd files.  Simply specify the format as 'Passwd' and give the name of the file and the modules will build a hash table with the column names

```
 username
 passwd
 UID
 GID
 fullname
 homedir
 shell
```

The username field is treated as a key column.

This module is a submodule of the AnyData.pm and DBD::AnyData.pm modules.  Refer to their documentation for further details.

## AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

copyright 2000, Jeff Zucker \<jeff@vpservices.com\> all rights reserved