# ``twisted`.`python`.`fakepwd``

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`twisted.python.fakepwd` provides a fake implementation of the `pwd` API.

Class | `ShadowDatabase` | `ShadowDatabase` holds a shadow user database in memory and makes it available via the same API as `spwd`.
Class | `UserDatabase` | `UserDatabase` holds a traditional POSIX user data in memory and makes it available via the same API as `pwd`.
Class | `_ShadowRecord` | `_ShadowRecord` holds the shadow user data for a single user in `ShadowDatabase`. It corresponds to `spwd.struct_spwd`. See that class for attribute documentation.
Class | `_UserRecord` | `_UserRecord` holds the user data for a single user in `UserDatabase`. It corresponds to the `passwd` structure from the `pwd` module. See that module for attribute documentation.