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putpwent(3C)

HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

putpwent() — write password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <pwd.h>

#include <stdio.h>

int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *f);

DESCRIPTION

putpwent() is the inverse of getpwent() (see getpwent(3C)). Given a pointer to a passwd structure as created by getpwent(), getpwuid(), or getpwnam(); putpwent() writes a line on the stream f, which matches the format of /etc/passwd.

putpwent() ignores the audit ID and audit flag in the passwd structure; and does not create the corresponding entries used in the protected password database, used for trusted systems. putprpwnam(), which produces entries that match the trusted password database file format, must be used to create these entries. See getprpwent(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

putpwent() returns non-zero if an error was detected during its operation; otherwise it returns zero.

WARNINGS

HP-UX 11i Version 3 is the last release to support trusted systems functionality.

FILES

/etc/passwd

System Password file

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

putpwent(): SVID2, SVID3, XPG2

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