PUTPWENT (3)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
  int putpwent(const struct passwd * p , FILE * stream );  

DESCRIPTION

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

The passwd structure is defined in <pwd.h> as follows:

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struct passwd {
        char    *pw_name;               /* user name */
        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

SVID 3

SEE ALSO

- fgetpwent (3) - - getpwent (3) - setpwent(3) endpwent(3) - getpwnam (3) - getpwuid(3) - getpw (3) -