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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
16 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 #include <pwd.h>
19 #include <stdio.h>
20 #include <string.h>
21 #include <unistd.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
24 /* Return the username of the caller.
25 If S is not NULL, it points to a buffer of at least L_cuserid bytes
26 into which the name is copied; otherwise, a static buffer is used. */
27 char *
28 cuserid (s)
29 char *s;
31 static char name[L_cuserid];
32 char buf[NSS_BUFLEN_PASSWD];
33 struct passwd pwent;
34 struct passwd *pwptr;
36 if (__getpwuid_r (__geteuid (), &pwent, buf, sizeof (buf), &pwptr)
37 || pwptr == NULL)
39 if (s != NULL)
40 s[0] = '\0';
41 return s;
44 if (s == NULL)
45 s = name;
46 s[L_cuserid - 1] = '\0';
47 return strncpy (s, pwptr->pw_name, L_cuserid - 1);