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-rw-r--r--loginutils/su.c23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/su.c b/loginutils/su.c
index a8b852b09..a3f7ed8a0 100644
--- a/loginutils/su.c
+++ b/loginutils/su.c
@@ -40,11 +40,24 @@ int su_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SU_SYSLOG) {
/* The utmp entry (via getlogin) is probably the best way to identify
- the user, especially if someone su's from a su-shell.
- But getlogin can fail -- usually due to lack of utmp entry.
- in this case resort to getpwuid. */
- old_user = xstrdup(IF_FEATURE_UTMP(getlogin() ? : ) (pw = getpwuid(cur_uid)) ? pw->pw_name : "");
- tty = xmalloc_ttyname(2) ? : "none";
+ * the user, especially if someone su's from a su-shell.
+ * But getlogin can fail -- usually due to lack of utmp entry.
+ * in this case resort to getpwuid. */
+ const char *user;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_UTMP
+ char user_buf[64];
+ user = user_buf;
+ if (getlogin_r(user_buf, sizeof(user_buf)) != 0)
+#endif
+ {
+ pw = getpwuid(cur_uid);
+ user = pw ? pw->pw_name : "";
+ }
+ old_user = xstrdup(user);
+ tty = xmalloc_ttyname(2);
+ if (!tty) {
+ tty = "none";
+ }
openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
}