putpwent (3)

PUTPWENT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PUTPWENT(3) 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); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): putpwent(): _SVID_SOURCE 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), getp- wuid(3), setpwent(3) GNU 2007-07-26 PUTPWENT(3)