Name
setpwent
Synopsis
setpwent
Opens the password file (usually
/etc/passwd) and resets the top of the file
as the starting point for any read and/or write functions on the
file (with the proper permissions). This function will reset the
getpwent
function back to
retrieve group entries from the start of the group file. Not
implemented on Win32 systems.
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