DPNS_MODIFYUSRMAP
Section: DPNS Library Functions (3)
Updated: $Date: 2007/12/13 06:52:24 $
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NAME
dpns_modifyusrmap - modify user entry corresponding to a given virtual uid
 
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpns_api.h"
int dpns_modifyusrmap (uid_t uid,
char *newname)
 
DESCRIPTION
dpns_modifyusrmap
modifies the user entry corresponding to a given virtual uid.
- uid
- 
specifies the Virtual User Id.
- newname
- 
specifies the new user name.
It must be at most 255 characters long.
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
- 
newname
is a NULL pointer.
- EEXIST
- 
This user exists already.
- EINVAL
- 
This uid does not exist in the internal mapping table or the length of
newname
exceeds 255.
- SENOSHOST
- 
Host unknown.
- SENOSSERV
- 
Service unknown.
- SECOMERR
- 
Communication error.
- ENSNACT
- 
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.