HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 3 Library Functions N-Z (vol 7)

putpwent(3C) putpwent(3C)

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 struc-

ture 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.

FILES

/etc/passwd System Password ﬁle