/***************************************************************************** * * File ..................: mbuseradd/myname.c * Purpose ...............: MBSE BBS Shadow Password Suite * Last modification date : 25-Jul-2000 * Original Source .......: Shadow Password Suite * Original Copyrioght ...: Julianne Frances Haugh and others. * ***************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 1997-2000 * * Michiel Broek FIDO: 2:280/2802 * Beekmansbos 10 * 1971 BV IJmuiden * the Netherlands * * This file is part of MBSE BBS. * * This BBS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any * later version. * * MBSE BBS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with MBSE BBS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. *****************************************************************************/ /* * myname.c - determine the current username and get the passwd entry * * Copyright (C) 1996 Marek Michalkiewicz * * This code may be freely used, modified and distributed for any purpose. * There is no warranty, if it breaks you have to keep both pieces, etc. * If you improve it, please send me your changes. Thanks! */ #include "../config.h" #include #include #include struct passwd *get_my_pwent(void) { struct passwd *pw; const char *cp = getlogin(); uid_t ruid = getuid(); /* * Try getlogin() first - if it fails or returns a non-existent * username, or a username which doesn't match the real UID, fall * back to getpwuid(getuid()). This should work reasonably with * usernames longer than the utmp limit (8 characters), as well as * shared UIDs - but not both at the same time... * * XXX - when running from su, will return the current user (not * the original user, like getlogin() does). Does this matter? */ if (cp && *cp && (pw = getpwnam(cp)) && pw->pw_uid == ruid) return pw; return getpwuid(ruid); }