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putpwent ? write a password file entry |
#include <pwd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *stream); |
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: |
struct passwd { |
char *pw_name;
/* user name */ |
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/* user password */ |
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/* user id */ |
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/* group id */ |
char *pw_gecos; /* real name */ |
char *pw_dir;
/* home directory */ |
char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ |
The putpwent() function returns 0 on success, or ?1 if an error occurs. |
EINVAL |
Invalid (NULL) argument given. |
SVID 3 |
fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpw(3) |