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

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

syslog.openlog([ident[, logoption[, facility]]]) Logging options of subsequent syslog() calls can be set by calling

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

pwd.getpwuid(uid) Return the password database entry for the given numeric user ID.

fcntl.fcntl(fd, cmd, arg=0) Perform the operation cmd on file descriptor fd (file objects providing a

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

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

Template.reset() Restore a pipeline template to its initial state.

spwd.getspall() Return a list of all available shadow password database entries, in arbitrary order.