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putpwent(3C) Standard C Library Functions putpwent(3C) NAME putpwent - write password file entry SYNOPSIS #include <pwd.h> int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *f); DESCRIPTION The putpwent() function is the inverse of getpwent(). See getpwnam(3C). Given a pointer to a passwd structure created by getpwent(), getp- wuid(), or getpwnam(), putpwent() writes a line on the stream f that matches the format of /etc/passwd. RETURN VALUES The putpwent() function returns a non-zero value if an error was de- tected during its operation. Otherwise, it returns 0. USAGE The putpwent() function is of limited utility, since most password files are maintained as Network Information Service (NIS) files that cannot be updated with this function. For this reason, the use of this function is discouraged. If used at all, it should be used with put- spent(3C) to update the shadow file. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO getpwnam(3C), putspent(3C), attributes(5) SunOS 5.9 29 Dec 1996 putpwent(3C)
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