getpwnam

getpwnam name

• Retrieves the passwd file entry of a user, name. The return value in list context is:
  
  

  ($name,$passwd,$uid,$gid,$quota,$comment,$gcos,$dir,$shell)
  

  
  
  If you want to do this repeatedly, consider caching the data in a hash using getpwent.

  In scalar context, getpwnam returns only the numeric user ID.