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authorPeter S. Mazinger <ps.m@gmx.net>2005-11-04 22:52:26 +0000
committerPeter S. Mazinger <ps.m@gmx.net>2005-11-04 22:52:26 +0000
commit005d20f04dff3665c9533417bdad06d7d208bf9a (patch)
treebfe0aa8c46149f67794cd45a4fdb259c57b521cf /include/shadow.h
parentd8059900ddf188607828b12a174b83decade3d61 (diff)
Sync up w/ glibc
Diffstat (limited to 'include/shadow.h')
-rw-r--r--include/shadow.h84
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/include/shadow.h b/include/shadow.h
index 81ddc71f1..778df52b9 100644
--- a/include/shadow.h
+++ b/include/shadow.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -54,46 +54,90 @@ struct spwd
};
-/* Open database for reading. */
-extern void setspent (void) __THROW;
+/* Open database for reading.
-/* Close database. */
-extern void endspent (void) __THROW;
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern void setspent (void);
-/* Get next entry from database, perhaps after opening the file. */
-extern struct spwd *getspent (void) __THROW;
+/* Close database.
-/* Get shadow entry matching NAME. */
-extern struct spwd *getspnam (__const char *__name) __THROW;
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern void endspent (void);
-/* Read shadow entry from STRING. */
-extern struct spwd *sgetspent (__const char *__string) __THROW;
+/* Get next entry from database, perhaps after opening the file.
-/* Read next shadow entry from STREAM. */
-extern struct spwd *fgetspent (FILE *__stream) __THROW;
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern struct spwd *getspent (void);
-/* Write line containing shadow password entry to stream. */
-extern int putspent (__const struct spwd *__p, FILE *__stream) __THROW;
+/* Get shadow entry matching NAME.
+
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern struct spwd *getspnam (__const char *__name);
+
+/* Read shadow entry from STRING.
+
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern struct spwd *sgetspent (__const char *__string);
+
+/* Read next shadow entry from STREAM.
+
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern struct spwd *fgetspent (FILE *__stream);
+
+/* Write line containing shadow password entry to stream.
+
+ This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
+extern int putspent (__const struct spwd *__p, FILE *__stream);
#ifdef __USE_MISC
-/* Reentrant versions of some of the functions above. */
+/* Reentrant versions of some of the functions above.
+
+ These functions are not part of POSIX and therefore no official
+ cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
+ or due to the implementation they are cancellation points and
+ therefore not marked with __THROW. */
extern int getspent_r (struct spwd *__result_buf, char *__buffer,
- size_t __buflen, struct spwd **__result) __THROW;
+ size_t __buflen, struct spwd **__result);
extern int getspnam_r (__const char *__name, struct spwd *__result_buf,
char *__buffer, size_t __buflen,
- struct spwd **__result)__THROW;
+ struct spwd **__result);
extern int sgetspent_r (__const char *__string, struct spwd *__result_buf,
char *__buffer, size_t __buflen,
- struct spwd **__result) __THROW;
+ struct spwd **__result);
extern int fgetspent_r (FILE *__stream, struct spwd *__result_buf,
char *__buffer, size_t __buflen,
- struct spwd **__result) __THROW;
+ struct spwd **__result);
#endif /* misc */
+
+/* The simple locking functionality provided here is not suitable for
+ multi-threaded applications. */
+
/* Protect password file against multi writers. */
extern int lckpwdf (void) __THROW;