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-rw-r--r--libbb/my_getpwuid.c30
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
index 53f6c77ee..1e8b11a09 100644
--- a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
+++ b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
@@ -19,8 +19,23 @@
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
+ /* Hacked by Tito Ragusa (c) 2004 <farmatito@tiscali.it> to make it more
+ * flexible :
+ *
+ * if bufsize is > 0 char *user can not be set to NULL
+ * on success username is written on static allocated buffer
+ * on failure uid as string is written to buffer and NULL is returned
+ * if bufsize is = 0 char *user can be set to NULL
+ * on success username is returned
+ * on failure NULL is returned
+ * if bufsize is < 0 char *user can be set to NULL
+ * on success username is returned
+ * on failure an error message is printed and the program exits
+ */
+
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
#include "libbb.h"
#include "pwd_.h"
#include "grp_.h"
@@ -34,10 +49,21 @@ char * my_getpwuid(char *name, long uid, int bufsize)
myuser = getpwuid(uid);
if (myuser==NULL) {
- snprintf(name, bufsize, "%ld", (long)uid);
+ if(bufsize > 0) {
+ assert(name != NULL);
+ snprintf(name, bufsize, "%ld", (long)uid);
+ }
+ if (bufsize < 0 ) {
+ bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown uid %ld", (long)uid);
+ }
return NULL;
} else {
- return safe_strncpy(name, myuser->pw_name, bufsize);
+ if(bufsize > 0 )
+ {
+ assert(name != NULL);
+ return safe_strncpy(name, myuser->pw_name, bufsize);
+ }
+ return myuser->pw_name;
}
}