putspent(3C)

write shadow password file entry

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

putspent - write shadow password file entry

SYNOPSIS

#include <shadow.h>

int putspent (const struct spwd *p, FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

The putspent routine is the inverse of getspent. Given a pointer to a spwd structure created by the getspent routine (or the getspnam routine), the putspent routine writes a line on the stream fp, which matches the format of /etc/shadow. If the sp_min, sp_max, sp_lstchg, sp_warn, sp_inact, or sp_expire field of the spwd structure is -1, or if sp_flag is 0, the corresponding /etc/shadow field is cleared.

DIAGNOSTICS

The putspent routine returns non-zero if an error was detected during its operation, otherwise zero.

NOTES