putpwent

NAME

putpwent - write a password file entry

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

ERRORS

EINVAL
Invalid (NULL) argument given.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4

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