>Number:         3279
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       getpwent(3) misleading
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar  3 04:20:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Brownlee
>Organization:
<a href="http://www.mono.org/>Monochrome</a>
>Release:        dec 10
>Environment:
System: NetBSD orwell.southern.net 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (GENERIC) #11: Tue Dec 10 00:24:14 MET 1996 pk@flambard:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc


>Description:
	getpwent(3) states:

BUGS
     The functions getpwent(), getpwnam(), and getpwuid(), leave their results
     in an internal static object and return a pointer to that object. Subse- 
     quent calls to the same function will modify the same object.
      
	Code inspection reveals they all use the _same_ static object.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Read man page. Take literally.

>Fix:
	The above chould possibly be better phrased as:

     The functions getpwent(), getpwnam(), and getpwuid(), leave their results
     in an internal static object and return a pointer to that object. Subse-
     quent calls to the any of these functions will modify the same object.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: