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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libutil/pw_init.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libutil/pw_init.3 | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pw_init.3 b/lib/libutil/pw_init.3 index 2cff0f3a33f..49daeb04724 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/pw_init.3 +++ b/lib/libutil/pw_init.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pw_init.3,v 1.7 2003/06/02 20:18:42 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pw_init.3,v 1.8 2004/04/20 23:20:07 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1995 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ .Ft void .Fn pw_prompt .Ft void -.Fn pw_copy "int ffd" "int tfd" "struct passwd *pw" +.Fn pw_copy "int ffd" "int tfd" "const struct passwd *pw" "const struct passwd *opw" .Ft int .Fn pw_scan "char *bp" "struct passwd *pw" "int *flags" .Ft void @@ -125,9 +125,20 @@ function reads a passwd file from .Fa ffd and writes it to .Fa tfd , -updating the entry corresponding to pw->pw_name with the information -in +updating the entry corresponding to pw-\*(Gtpw_name +with the information in .Fa pw . +If +.Fa opw +is not NULL, opw-\*(Gtpw_name will be used for matching instead. +Additionally, if the existing entry does not match +.Fa opw , +the operation is aborted. +The use of +.Fa opw +allows the caller to change the user name in an entry as well as +guarantee that the entry being replaced has not changed in the +meantime. .Pp The .Fn pw_scan |