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PUTPWENT
!!!PUTPWENT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
----
!!NAME


putpwent - write a password file entry
!!SYNOPSIS


__#include
__''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
'''' 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), getpwuid(3),
getpw(3)
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:24:30 am by "perry"

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