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;        /* 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.  In the event of an error, errno
       is set to indicate the cause.

ERRORS

       EINVAL Invalid (NULL) argument given.

CONFORMING TO

       SVr4.

SEE ALSO

       endpwent(3), fgetpwent(3), getpw(3), getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), setpwent(3)

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