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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "defun-dld.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "gripes.h"
+#include "help.h"
+#include "oct-map.h"
+#include "ov.h"
+#include "oct-obj.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+// Password file functions.  (Why not?)
+
+static octave_value
+mk_pw_map (struct passwd *pw)
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  if (pw)
+    {
+      Octave_map m;
+
+      m ["name"] = pw->pw_name;
+      m ["passwd"] = pw->pw_passwd;
+      m ["uid"] = static_cast<double> (pw->pw_uid);
+      m ["gid"] = static_cast<double> (pw->pw_gid);
+      m ["gecos"] = pw->pw_gecos;
+      m ["dir"] = pw->pw_dir;
+      m ["shell"] = pw->pw_shell;
+
+      retval = m;
+    }
+  else
+    retval = 0.0;
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (getpwent, args, ,
+ "getpwent ()\n\
+\n\
+Read an entry from the password-file stream, opening it if necessary.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETPWENT
+      retval = mk_pw_map (getpwent ());
+#else
+      gripe_not_supported ("getpwent");
+#endif
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("getpwent");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (getpwuid, args, ,
+  "getpwuid (UID)\n\
+\n\
+Search for a password entry with a matching user ID.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETPWUID
+      double dval = args(0).double_value ();
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	{
+	  if (D_NINT (dval) == dval)
+	    {
+	      uid_t uid = static_cast<uid_t> (dval);
+
+	      retval = mk_pw_map (getpwuid (uid));
+	    }
+	  else
+	    error ("getpwuid: argument must be an integer");
+	}
+#else
+      gripe_not_supported ("getpwuid");
+#endif
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("getpwuid");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (getpwnam, args, ,
+  "getpwnam (NAME)\n\
+\n\
+Search for password entry with a matching username.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETPWNAM
+      string s = args(0).string_value ();
+
+      if (! error_state)
+	retval = mk_pw_map (getpwnam (s.c_str ()));
+#else
+      gripe_not_supported ("getpwnam");
+#endif
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("getpwnam");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (setpwent, args, ,
+  "setpwent ()\n\
+\n\
+Rewind the password-file stream.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_SETPWENT
+      setpwent ();
+#else
+      gripe_not_supported ("setpwent");
+#endif
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("setpwent");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (endpwent, args, ,
+  "endpwent ()\n\
+\n\
+Close the password-file stream.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_ENDPWENT
+      endpwent ();
+#else
+      gripe_not_supported ("endpwent");
+#endif
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("endpwent");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/