putpwent

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



NAME
       putpwent - write a password file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <pwd.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:

	      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), get-
       pwuid(3), getpw(3)



GNU				  1993-04-09			  PUTPWENT(3)