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2 | .\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 5fbde956 | 4 | .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft |
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5 | .\" |
| 6 | .\" References consulted: | |
| 7 | .\" Linux libc source code | |
| 8 | .\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) | |
| 9 | .\" 386BSD man pages | |
| 10 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:43:46 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 4c1c5274 | 11 | .TH putpwent 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" |
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12 | .SH NAME |
| 13 | putpwent \- write a password file entry | |
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14 | .SH LIBRARY |
| 15 | Standard C library | |
| 8fc3b2cf | 16 | .RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) |
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17 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 18 | .nf | |
| 19 | .B #include <stdio.h> | |
| 20 | .B #include <sys/types.h> | |
| 21 | .B #include <pwd.h> | |
| 68e4db0a | 22 | .PP |
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23 | .BI "int putpwent(const struct passwd *restrict " p \ |
| 24 | ", FILE *restrict " stream ); | |
| fea681da | 25 | .fi |
| 68e4db0a | 26 | .PP |
| d39ad78f | 27 | .RS -4 |
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28 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| 29 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
| d39ad78f | 30 | .RE |
| 68e4db0a | 31 | .PP |
| cc4615cc | 32 | .BR putpwent (): |
| 9d281e06 | 33 | .nf |
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34 | Since glibc 2.19: |
| 35 | _DEFAULT_SOURCE | |
| 75c018a1 | 36 | glibc 2.19 and earlier: |
| 51c612fb | 37 | _SVID_SOURCE |
| 9d281e06 | 38 | .fi |
| fea681da | 39 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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40 | The |
| 41 | .BR putpwent () | |
| 42 | function writes a password entry from the | |
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43 | structure \fIp\fP in the file associated with \fIstream\fP. |
| 44 | .PP | |
| 45 | The \fIpasswd\fP structure is defined in \fI<pwd.h>\fP as follows: | |
| 51f5698d | 46 | .PP |
| a08ea57c | 47 | .in +4n |
| bdd915e2 | 48 | .EX |
| fea681da | 49 | struct passwd { |
| 18701562 | 50 | char *pw_name; /* username */ |
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51 | char *pw_passwd; /* user password */ |
| 52 | uid_t pw_uid; /* user ID */ | |
| 53 | gid_t pw_gid; /* group ID */ | |
| 54 | char *pw_gecos; /* real name */ | |
| 55 | char *pw_dir; /* home directory */ | |
| 56 | char *pw_shell; /* shell program */ | |
| fea681da | 57 | }; |
| bdd915e2 | 58 | .EE |
| a08ea57c | 59 | .in |
| 47297adb | 60 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
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61 | The |
| 62 | .BR putpwent () | |
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63 | function returns 0 on success. |
| 64 | On failure, it returns \-1, and | |
| 459f2580 | 65 | .I errno |
| cb6a894e | 66 | is set to indicate the error. |
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67 | .SH ERRORS |
| 68 | .TP | |
| 69 | .B EINVAL | |
| 70 | Invalid (NULL) argument given. | |
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71 | .SH ATTRIBUTES |
| 72 | For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see | |
| 73 | .BR attributes (7). | |
| 74 | .TS | |
| 75 | allbox; | |
| c466875e | 76 | lbx lb lb |
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77 | l l l. |
| 78 | Interface Attribute Value | |
| 79 | T{ | |
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80 | .na |
| 81 | .nh | |
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82 | .BR putpwent () |
| 83 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale | |
| 84 | .TE | |
| 847e0d88 | 85 | .sp 1 |
| 3113c7f3 | 86 | .SH STANDARDS |
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87 | None. |
| 88 | .SH HISTORY | |
| 44a2c328 | 89 | SVr4. |
| 47297adb | 90 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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91 | .BR endpwent (3), |
| 92 | .BR fgetpwent (3), | |
| 93 | .BR getpw (3), | |
| 94 | .BR getpwent (3), | |
| 95 | .BR getpwnam (3), | |
| 96 | .BR getpwuid (3), | |
| 97 | .BR setpwent (3) |