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

SVr4

SEE ALSO

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