critical impact:

pututline - different functionality (CrCh4)

Problem description

The behavior for the pututline function is different on Tru64 UNIX and on HP-UX.

The pututline function writes the supplied parameter into the utmp file.

Identifiers

pututline

Old behavior

if( pututline( uptr ) == (struct utmp*)NULL )
   /* error condition */

See also

• Background information on networking impacts
• getutent(3)
• utmp(4)

Solution description

Use _pututline to achieve similar results.

The correct way for applications to write the supplied parameter into the utmp file is to call _pututline. Review your code and applicable manpages for more information on _pututline.

New behavior

if( _pututline( uptr ) == (struct utmp*)NULL )
   /* error condition */

See also

• getut(3C)
• utmp(4)

Problem summary