dpns_enterusrmap(3)

dpns_enterusrmap3

Define a new user entry in virtual id table

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"

int dpns_enterusrmap (uid_t uid, char *username)

Overview

dpns_enterusrmap defines a new user entry in Virtual Id table.

uid

specifies the Virtual User Id. If the value is -1, the next available id is allocated.

username

specifies the user name.

This function requires ADMIN privilege.

Return value

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

Errors

EACCES

The caller does not have ADMIN privilege.

EFAULT

username is a NULL pointer.

EEXIST

User exists already.

EINVAL

The length of username exceeds 255.

SENOSHOST

Host unknown.

SENOSSERV

Service unknown.

SECOMERR

Communication error.

ENSNACT

Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

Releases

Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

  1. 6.0–10

From libdpm-dev 1.10.0-2+b3 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.