<s>
getent	B-Device
is	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
command	O
that	O
helps	O
a	O
user	O
get	O
entries	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
important	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
called	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
the	O
passwd	O
and	O
group	O
databases	O
which	O
store	O
user	O
information	O
–	O
hence	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
way	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
user	O
details	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
service	O
as	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
will	O
show	O
all	O
information	O
,	O
including	O
that	O
gained	O
from	O
network	O
information	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thorsten	O
Kukuk	O
wrote	O
the	O
getent	B-Device
utility	O
for	O
the	O
GNU	B-Language
C	I-Language
Library	I-Language
.	I-Language
</s>
<s>
Fetch	O
list	O
of	O
user	O
accounts	O
on	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
called	O
'	O
passwd	O
 '	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
if	O
both	O
local	O
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
name	O
service	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
user	O
accounts	O
,	O
the	O
results	O
will	O
include	O
all	O
local	O
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
users	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Fetch	O
list	O
of	O
group	O
accounts	O
on	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
called	O
'	O
group	O
 '	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
