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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/xwrap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/xwrap.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xwrap.c b/lib/xwrap.c index 71ea9209..c0c8a44b 100644 --- a/lib/xwrap.c +++ b/lib/xwrap.c @@ -402,17 +402,24 @@ void xsetuid(uid_t uid) struct passwd *xgetpwuid(uid_t uid) { struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid(uid); - if (!pwd) error_exit(NULL); + if (!pwd) error_exit("bad uid %ld", (long)uid); return pwd; } struct group *xgetgrgid(gid_t gid) { struct group *group = getgrgid(gid); - if (!group) error_exit(NULL); + if (!group) error_exit("bad gid %ld", (long)gid); return group; } +struct passwd *xgetpwnam(char *name) +{ + struct passwd *up = getpwnam(name); + if (!up) error_exit("bad user '%s'", name); + return up; +} + // This can return null (meaning file not found). It just won't return null // for memory allocation reasons. char *xreadlink(char *name) |