use User::pwent; $pw = getpwnam('daemon') or die "No daemon user"; if ( $pw->uid == 1 && $pw->dir =~ m#^/(bin|tmp)?$# ) { print "gid 1 on root dir"; }
use User::pwent qw(:FIELDS); getpwnam('daemon') or die "No daemon user"; if ( $pw_uid == 1 && $pw_dir =~ m#^/(bin|tmp)?$# ) { print "gid 1 on root dir"; }
$pw = getpw($whoever);
You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named with a preceding pw_ in front their method names. Thus, $passwd_obj->shell() corresponds to $pw_shell if you import the fields.
The getpw() funtion is a simple front-end that forwards a numeric argument to getpwuid() and the rest to getpwnam().
To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the use an empty import list, and then access function functions with their full qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are still available via the CORE:: pseudo-package.