pwd
This module provides access to the Unix password database. It is available on all Unix versions.
Password database entries are reported as 7-tuples containing the
following items from the password database (see `<pwd.h>
'), in order:
pw_name
,
pw_passwd
,
pw_uid
,
pw_gid
,
pw_gecos
,
pw_dir
,
pw_shell
.
The uid and gid items are integers, all others are strings.
An exception is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.
It defines the following items: