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1 perry 1 PUTPWENT
2 !!!PUTPWENT
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 RETURN VALUE
7 ERRORS
8 CONFORMING TO
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
12
13
14 putpwent - write a password file entry
15 !!SYNOPSIS
16
17
18 __#include
19 __''p''__, FILE *__''stream''__);
20 __
21 !!DESCRIPTION
22
23
24 The __putpwent()__ function writes a password entry from
25 the structure ''p'' in the file associated with
26 ''stream''.
27
28
29 The ''passwd'' structure is defined in
30 '''' as follows:
31
32
33 struct passwd {
34 char *pw_name; /* user name */
35 char *pw_passwd; /* user password */
36 uid_t pw_uid; /* user id */
37 gid_t pw_gid; /* group id */
38 char *pw_gecos; /* real name */
39 char *pw_dir; /* home directory */
40 char *pw_shell; /* shell program */
41 };
42 !!RETURN VALUE
43
44
45 The __putpwent()__ function returns 0 on success, or -1
46 if an error occurs.
47 !!ERRORS
48
49
50 __EINVAL__
51
52
53 Invalid (NULL) argument given.
54 !!CONFORMING TO
55
56
57 SVID 3
58 !!SEE ALSO
59
60
61 fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3),
62 endpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3),
63 getpw(3)
64 ----
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