opensolaris man page for putspent

putspent(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      putspent(3C)

NAME
       putspent - write shadow password file entry

SYNOPSIS
       #include <shadow.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       The   putspent() function is the inverse of getspent(). See getspnam(3C). Given a pointer to a spwd structure created by getspent() or get-
       spnam(), putspent() writes a line on the stream fp that matches the format of /etc/shadow.

       The spwd structure contains the following members:

	 char		*sp_namp;
	 char		*sp_pwdp;
	 int		sp_lstchg;
	 int		sp_min;
	 int		sp_max;
	 int		sp_warn;
	 int		sp_inact;
	 int		sp_expire;
	 unsigned int	sp_flag;

       If the sp_min, sp_max, sp_lstchg, sp_warn, sp_inact, or sp_expire member of the	spwd structure is -1, or if sp_flag is 0, the  correspond-
       ing  /etc/shadow field is cleared.

RETURN VALUES
       The  putspent() function returns a non-zero value if an error was detected during its operation. Otherwise, it returns 0.

USAGE
       Since  this function is for internal use only, compatibility is not guaranteed. For this reason, its use is discouraged. If used at all, if
       should be used with putpwent(3C) to update the password file.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       getpwnam(3C), getspnam(3C), putpwent(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    23 Jan 2008 						      putspent(3C)