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putspent(3C)

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NAME

putspent — write shadow password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <shadow.h>

int putspent (const struct spwd *sp, FILE *f);

DESCRIPTION

putspent() is the inverse of getspent(). See getspent(3C). Given a pointer to an spwd structure as created by the getspent() or getspnam() functions, putspent() writes a line on the stream f, which matches the format of /etc/shadow.

APPLICATION USAGE

In a multithreaded application, putspent() is thread-safe. It is not async-cancel-safe. A cancellation point may occur when a thread is executing putspent().

RETURN VALUE

putspent() returns non-zero if an error was detected during its operation. Otherwise it returns zero.

FILES

/etc/shadow

shadow password file.

SEE ALSO

getspent(3C), shadow(4). \" ~