Reference: setpwent
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:37:49Z

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| Chapter 5 Function Reference |

## setpwent

    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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