spwd.getspnam(name) Return the shadow password database entry for the given user name.

Template.clone() Return a new, equivalent, pipeline template.

crypt.crypt(word, salt=None) word will usually be a user’s password as typed at a prompt or in a graphical interface

resource.setrlimit(resource, limits) Sets new limits of consumption of resource. The limits argument must

Template.prepend(cmd, kind) Add a new action at the beginning. See append() for explanations of the arguments.

posix.environ A dictionary representing the string environment at the time the interpreter was started. Keys and values are

grp.getgrgid(gid) Return the group database entry for the given numeric group ID.

syslog.setlogmask(maskpri) Set the priority mask to maskpri and return the previous mask value. Calls to syslog()

fcntl.ioctl(fd, request, arg=0, mutate_flag=True) This function is identical to the fcntl() function, except that

Template.append(cmd, kind) Append a new action at the end. The cmd variable must be a valid bourne shell command. The