putspent(3C)                     UNIX System V                     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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