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getpwnam
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getpwnam(p1)
public
Returns the /etc/passwd information for the user with specified login name.
The information is returned as a Passwd struct.
See the unix manpage for getpwnam(3) for more detail.
Example:
Etc.getpwnam('root') #=> #<struct Etc::Passwd name="root", passwd="x", uid=0, gid=0, gecos="root",dir="/root", shell="/bin/bash">