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Date:      Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:28:40 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
To:        jbryant@unix.tfs.net
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anybody heard of fgetwpent() and putpwent()? 
Message-ID:  <199712050028.RAA00374@ve7tcp.ampr.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:26:54 CST." <199712042326.RAA27270@unix.tfs.net> 

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> >      PUTPWENT(3C)                DYNIX/ptx                PUTPWENT(3C)
> i guess it was for people who cannot read passwd(5)...  

No, it's for *programs* that can't read passwd(5) :-)

What makes it useless is that there's no C API for locking the password
file(s), installing the new password file, etc.

--lyndon







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