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                      3: setpwent()               General Function              setpwent()
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                      8: Rewind password file
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                     10: #include <pwd.h>
                     11: sseettppwweenntt()
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                     13: The  COHERENT  system  has five  routines  that  search the  file
                     14: /etc/passwd, which  contains information about every  user of the
                     15: system.  The  returned structure passwd is  defined in the header
                     16: file pwd.h, as follows:
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                     19: struct passwd {
                     20:      char *pw_name; /* login user name */
                     21:      char *pw_passwd;/* login password */
                     22:      int  pw_uid;   /* login user id */
                     23:      int  pw_gid;   /* login group id */
                     24:      int  pw_quota; /* file quota (unused) */
                     25:      char *pw_comment;/* comments (unused) */
                     26:      char *pw_gecos;/* (unused) */
                     27:      char *pw_dir;  /* working directory */
                     28:      char *pw_shell;/* initial program */
                     29: };
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                     32: For detailed descriptions of  the above fields, see the entry for
                     33: passwd.
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                     35: setpwent  rewinds the  password  file, which  allows searches  to
                     36: begin from the beginning of the file.
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                     38: ***** Files *****
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                     40: /etc/passwd
                     41: <pwd.h>
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                     43: ***** See Also *****
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                     45: endpwent(),    general    functions,   getpwent(),    getpwnam(),
                     46: getpwuid(), pwd.h
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                     48: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     50: setpwent returns NULL for any error.
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