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PUTPWENT(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               PUTPWENT(3)



 

NAME


       putpwent - write a password file entry

 

SYNOPSIS


       #include 
       #include 
       #include 

       int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *stream);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       putpwent(): _SVID_SOURCE

 

DESCRIPTION






       The putpwent() function writes a password entry from the structure p in
       the file associated with stream.

       The passwd structure is defined in  as follows:

           struct passwd {
               char    *pw_name;        /* username */
               char    *pw_passwd;      /* user password */
               uid_t    pw_uid;         /* user ID */
               gid_t    pw_gid;         /* group ID */
               char    *pw_gecos;       /* real name */
               char    *pw_dir;         /* home directory */
               char    *pw_shell;       /* shell program */
           };

 

RETURN VALUE


       The putpwent() function returns 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurs.

 

ERRORS


       EINVAL Invalid (NULL) argument given.

 

CONFORMING TO


       SVr4.

 

SEE ALSO


       endpwent(3),  fgetpwent(3),  getpw(3),  getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getp-
       wuid(3), setpwent(3)

 

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GNU                               2007-07-26                       PUTPWENT(3)