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

endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), setpwent(3)