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19 #include <alloca.h>
20 #include <errno.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <unistd.h>
23 #include <pwd.h>
26 /* Re-construct the password-file line for the given uid
27 in the given buffer. This knows the format that the caller
28 will expect, but this need not be the format of the password file. */
30 int __getpw (__uid_t uid, char *buf);
32 int
33 __getpw (uid, buf)
34 __uid_t uid;
35 char *buf;
37 size_t buflen;
38 char *tmpbuf;
39 struct passwd resbuf, *p;
41 if (buf == NULL)
43 __set_errno (EINVAL);
44 return -1;
47 buflen = __sysconf (_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
48 tmpbuf = alloca (buflen);
50 if (__getpwuid_r (uid, &resbuf, tmpbuf, buflen, &p) != 0)
51 return -1;
53 if (p == NULL)
54 return -1;
56 if (sprintf (buf, "%s:%s:%lu:%lu:%s:%s:%s", p->pw_name, p->pw_passwd,
57 (unsigned long int) p->pw_uid, (unsigned long int) p->pw_gid,
58 p->pw_gecos, p->pw_dir, p->pw_shell) < 0)
59 return -1;
61 return 0;
63 weak_alias (__getpw, getpw)
65 link_warning (getpw, "the `getpw' function is dangerous and should not be used.")