PUTPWENT(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		  PUTPWENT(3)



NAME
       putpwent - write a password file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include 
       #include 
       #include 

       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  as follows:

	   struct passwd {
	       char    *pw_name;	/* username */
	       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)

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GNU				  2007-07-26			   PUTPWENT(3)