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34.Dd December 15, 1995
35.Dt PW_INIT 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm pw_init ,
39.Nm pw_edit ,
40.Nm pw_prompt ,
41.Nm pw_copy ,
42.Nm pw_scan ,
43.Nm pw_error
44.Nd utility functions for interactive passwd file updates
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libutil
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In pwd.h
49.In util.h
50.Ft void
51.Fn pw_init "void"
52.Ft void
53.Fn pw_edit "int notsetuid" "const char *filename"
54.Ft void
55.Fn pw_prompt "void"
56.Ft void
57.Fn pw_copy "int ffd" "int tfd" "struct passwd *pw" "struct passwd *old_pw"
58.Ft int
59.Fn pw_scan "char *bp" "struct passwd *pw" "int *flags"
60.Ft void
61.Fn pw_error "const char *name" "int err" "int eval"
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63These functions are designed as conveniences for interactive programs
64which update the passwd file and do nothing else.
65They generally handle errors by printing out a message to the standard error
66stream and possibly aborting the process.
67.Pp
68The
69.Fn pw_init
70function prepares for a passwd update by unlimiting all resource
71constraints, disabling core dumps (thus preventing dumping the
72contents of the passwd database into a world-readable file), and
73disabling most signals.
74.Pp
75The
76.Fn pw_edit
77function runs an editor (named by the environment variable EDITOR, or
78.Pa /usr/bin/vi
79if EDITOR is not set) on the file
80.Fa filename
81(or
82.Pa /etc/ptmp
83if
84.Fa filename
85is NULL).
86If
87.Fa notsetuid
88is nonzero,
89.Fn pw_edit
90will set the effective user and group ID to the real user and group ID
91before running the editor.
92.Pp
93The
94.Fn pw_prompt
95function asks the user whether he or she wants to re-edit the password
96file; if the answer is no,
97.Fn pw_prompt
98deletes the lock file and exits the process.
99.Pp
100The
101.Fn pw_copy
102function reads a passwd file from
103.Fa ffd
104and writes it to
105.Fa tfd ,
106updating the entry corresponding to pw-\*[Gt]pw_name with the information
107in
108.Fa pw .
109If
110.Fa old_pw
111is not NULL, it checks to make sure the old entry is the same as
112the one described in
113.Fa old_pw
114or the process is aborted.
115If an entry is not found to match
116.Fa pw ,
117a new entry is appended to the passwd file only if the real user
118ID is 0.
119.Pp
120The
121.Fn pw_scan
122function accepts in
123.Fa bp
124a passwd entry as it would be represented in
125.Pa /etc/master.passwd
126and fills in
127.Fa pw
128with corresponding values; string fields in
129.Fa pw
130will be pointers into
131.Fa bp .
132Some characters in
133.Fa bp
134will be overwritten with 0s in order to terminate the strings pointed
135to by
136.Fa pw .
137If
138.Fa flags
139is non-null, it should be cleared and the following options
140enabled if required:
141.Bl -tag -offset indent -width _PASSWORD_OLDFMT
142.It Dv _PASSWORD_NOWARN
143Don't print warnings.
144.It Dv _PASSWORD_OLDFMT
145Parse
146.Fa bp
147as an old format entry as found in
148.Pa /etc/passwd .
149.El
150.Pp
151Upon return it is cleared, and filled in with the following flags:
152.Bl -tag -offset indent -width _PASSWORD_NOGID
153.It Dv _PASSWORD_NOUID
154The uid field of
155.Fa bp
156is empty.
157.It Dv _PASSWORD_NOGID
158The gid field of
159.Fa bp
160is empty.
161.It Dv _PASSWORD_NOCHG
162The change field of
163.Fa bp
164is empty.
165.It Dv _PASSWORD_NOEXP
166The expire field of
167.Fa bp
168is empty.
169.El
170.Pp
171The
172.Fn pw_error
173function displays an error message, aborts the current passwd update,
174and exits the current process.
175If
176.Fa err
177is non-zero, a warning message beginning with
178.Fa name
179is printed for the current value of
180.Va errno .
181The process exits with status
182.Fa eval .
183.Sh RETURN VALUES
184The
185.Fn pw_scan
186function prints a warning message and returns 0 if the string in the
187.Fa bp
188argument is not a valid passwd string.
189Otherwise,
190.Fn pw_scan
191returns 1.
192.Sh FILES
193.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd -compact
194.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
195.It Pa /etc/ptmp
196.El
197.Sh SEE ALSO
198.Xr pw_lock 3 ,
199.Xr passwd 5
200