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+--TEST--
+Test posix_getpwnam() function : basic functionality 
+--CREDITS--
+Rodrigo Prado de Jesus <royopa [at] gmail [dot] com>
+User Group: PHPSP #phptestfestbrasil
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+	if (!extension_loaded('posix')) die('skip - POSIX extension not loaded'); 
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php 
+  $uid = posix_geteuid();
+  $user = posix_getpwuid($uid);
+  print_r(posix_getpwnam($user['name']));
+?>
+===DONE====
+--EXPECTREGEX--
+Array
+\(
+    \[name\] => [^\r\n]+
+    \[passwd\] => [^\r\n]+
+    \[uid\] => [0-9]+
+    \[gid\] => [0-9]+
+    \[gecos\] => [^\r\n]*
+    \[dir\] => [^\r\n]+
+    \[shell\] => [^\r\n]+
+\)
+===DONE====