GNU/Linux | 
					RedHat 6.2(Zoot) | 
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					putpwent(3) | 
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putpwent − write a password file entry
#include
<pwd.h> 
#include <stdio.h> 
#include <sys/types.h>
int putpwent(const struct passwd *p, FILE *stream);
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 {
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 /* user name */   | |||
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 /* user password */   | |||
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 /* user id */   | |||
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 /* group id */  | 
char *pw_gecos; /* real name */
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 /* home directory */  | 
char *pw_shell; /* shell
program */ 
};
The putpwent() function returns 0 on success, or −1 if an error occurs.
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 EINVAL  | 
 Invalid (NULL) argument given.  | 
SVID 3
fgetpwent(3), getpwent(3), setpwent(3), endpwent(3), getpwnam(3), getpwuid(3), getpw(3)
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