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Eric Andersenc75586e2001-03-19 18:37:42 +00001/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/*
3 * Utility routines.
4 *
Eric Andersenbdfd0d72001-10-24 05:00:29 +00005 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 by Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
Eric Andersenc75586e2001-03-19 18:37:42 +00006 *
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 * (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 * General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Eric Andersenc75586e2001-03-19 18:37:42 +000020 */
21
22#include <stdio.h>
23#include <string.h>
Robert Grieblea1a63a2002-06-04 20:10:23 +000024#include "libbb.h"
Eric Andersen887ca792002-07-03 23:19:26 +000025#include "pwd_.h"
26#include "grp_.h"
Eric Andersenc75586e2001-03-19 18:37:42 +000027
28
Eric Andersenc75586e2001-03-19 18:37:42 +000029/* returns a uid given a username */
30long my_getpwnam(const char *name)
31{
32 struct passwd *myuser;
33
34 myuser = getpwnam(name);
35 if (myuser==NULL)
36 error_msg_and_die("unknown user name: %s", name);
37
38 return myuser->pw_uid;
39}
40
41
42/* END CODE */
43/*
44Local Variables:
45c-file-style: "linux"
46c-basic-offset: 4
47tab-width: 4
48End:
49*/