putspent(3C)                                                   putspent(3C)


   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 spmin, spmax, splstchg, spwarn, spinact, or spexpire
         field of the spwd structure is -1, or if spflag is 0, the
         corresponding /etc/shadow field is cleared.

   SEE ALSO
         getspent(3C), getpwent(3C), putpwent(3C).

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

   NOTES
         This routine is for internal use only, compatibility is not
         guaranteed.

























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