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From: jsq@im4u.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: File System Kudzu
Message-ID: <1698@im4u.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 23:13:19 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  6 23:13:19 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 9-Apr-87 03:16:56 EST
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Reply-To: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman)
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POSIX in general does not include system administration functions.
You will also find it has getgroups() but not setgroups().
The problem with setpwent() is that, unlike getpwent(), it is
used by only a small number of programs, few of which will be
ordinary applications (I suppose you could call chfn(1) an ordinary
application, but passwd(1) isn't, and it's pretty easy to argue
that the information chfn uses shouldn't be in the passwd database).

Incidentally, you'll usually get more responses out of POSIX participants
in comp.std.unix (formerly mod.std.unix) than in unix-wizards.  (Plug plug.)
-- 
John Quarterman, UUCP:  {gatech,harvard,ihnp4,pyramid,seismo}!ut-sally!im4u!jsq
ARPA Internet and CSNET:  jsq@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU, jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU