Add xgetpwnam() to lib/xwrap.c.
diff --git a/lib/xwrap.c b/lib/xwrap.c
index 71ea920..c0c8a44 100644
--- a/lib/xwrap.c
+++ b/lib/xwrap.c
@@ -402,17 +402,24 @@
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)