From 5dcfcf3e3b3dae47e3de7a090792419ea2b5f9e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:29:57 +0000 Subject: (Writing a User Entry): Document behavior of putpwent if user name starts with + or -. --- manual/users.texi | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/manual/users.texi b/manual/users.texi index 20deeabdd2..b52ee44439 100644 --- a/manual/users.texi +++ b/manual/users.texi @@ -1690,6 +1690,9 @@ extended information about users, adding an entry using this function would inevitably leave out much of the important information. @c Then how are programmers to modify the password file? -zw +The group and user ID fields are left empty if the group or user name +starts with a - or +. + The function @code{putpwent} is declared in @file{pwd.h}. @end deftypefun -- cgit v1.2.3