Tito writes,

"This patch fixes all the bugs in id previously spotted by vodz and me.
The binary size increased a bit,  but now it should work as expected."

4 files changed, 90 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/Makefile.in b/libbb/Makefile.in
index 26ed5b1..f86664f 100644
--- a/libbb/Makefile.in
+++ b/libbb/Makefile.in
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LIBBB_SRC:= \
 	human_readable.c inet_common.c inode_hash.c interface.c isdirectory.c \
 	kernel_version.c last_char_is.c llist_add_to.c login.c loop.c \
 	make_directory.c mode_string.c module_syscalls.c mtab.c mtab_file.c \
-	my_getgrgid.c my_getgrnam.c my_getpwnam.c \
+	my_getgrgid.c my_getgrnam.c my_getpwnam.c my_getug.c\
 	my_getpwuid.c obscure.c parse_mode.c parse_number.c perror_msg.c \
 	perror_msg_and_die.c print_file.c get_console.c \
 	process_escape_sequence.c procps.c pwd2spwd.c pw_encrypt.c qmodule.c \
diff --git a/libbb/my_getgrgid.c b/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
index 8c53096..9ac14a3 100644
--- a/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
+++ b/libbb/my_getgrgid.c
@@ -22,48 +22,28 @@
   /* Hacked by Tito Ragusa (c) 2004 <farmatito@tiscali.it> to make it more
   * flexible :
   *
-  * if bufsize is > 0 char *group cannot be set to NULL
-  *                   on success groupname is written on static allocated buffer
-  *                   on failure gid as string is written to buffer and NULL is returned
-  * if bufsize is = 0 char *group can be set to NULL
-  *                   on success groupname is returned 
-  *                   on failure NULL is returned
-  * if bufsize is < 0 char *group can be set to NULL
-  *                   on success groupname is returned
-  *                   on failure an error message is printed and the program exits   
+  * if bufsize is > 0 char *group cannot be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success groupname is written on static allocated buffer group
+  *                   (and a pointer to it is returned).
+  *                   On failure gid as string is written to static allocated buffer 
+  *                   group and NULL is returned.
+  * if bufsize is = 0 char *group can be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success groupname is returned. 
+  *                   On failure NULL is returned.
+  * if bufsize is < 0 char *group can be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success groupname is returned.
+  *                   On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.   
   */
   
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
-#include "pwd_.h"
 #include "grp_.h"
 
-
 /* gets a groupname given a gid */
 char * my_getgrgid(char *group, long gid, int bufsize)
 {
-	struct group *mygroup;
+	struct group *mygroup = getgrgid(gid);
 
-	mygroup  = getgrgid(gid);
-	if (mygroup==NULL) {
-		if(bufsize > 0) {
-			assert(group != NULL);
-			snprintf(group, bufsize, "%ld", (long)gid);
-		}
-		if( bufsize < 0 ) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown gid %ld", (long)gid);
-		} 
-		return NULL;
-	} else {
-		if(bufsize > 0)
-		{
-			assert(group != NULL);
-			return safe_strncpy(group, mygroup->gr_name, bufsize);
-		}
-		return mygroup->gr_name;
-	}
+	return  my_getug(group, (mygroup) ? mygroup->gr_name : (char *)mygroup, gid, bufsize, 'g');
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
index 1e8b11a..3195a21 100644
--- a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
+++ b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
@@ -22,49 +22,28 @@
  /* Hacked by Tito Ragusa (c) 2004 <farmatito@tiscali.it> to make it more
   * flexible :
   *
-  * if bufsize is > 0 char *user can not be set to NULL
-  *                   on success username is written on static allocated buffer
-  *                   on failure uid as string is written to buffer and NULL is returned
-  * if bufsize is = 0 char *user can be set to NULL
-  *                   on success username is returned 
-  *                   on failure NULL is returned
+  * if bufsize is > 0 char *user can not be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success username is written on static allocated buffer name 
+  *                   (and a pointer to it is returned).
+  *                   On failure uid as string is written to static allocated buffer name
+  *                   and NULL is returned.
+  * if bufsize is = 0 char *user can be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success username is returned. 
+  *                   On failure NULL is returned.
   * if bufsize is < 0 char *user can be set to NULL
-  *                   on success username is returned
-  *                   on failure an error message is printed and the program exits   
+  *                   On success username is returned.
+  *                   On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.   
   */
   
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "pwd_.h"
-#include "grp_.h"
-
-
 
 /* gets a username given a uid */
 char * my_getpwuid(char *name, long uid, int bufsize)
 {
-	struct passwd *myuser;
+	struct passwd *myuser = getpwuid(uid);
 
-	myuser  = getpwuid(uid);
-	if (myuser==NULL) {
-		if(bufsize > 0) {
-			assert(name != NULL);
-			snprintf(name, bufsize, "%ld", (long)uid);
-		}
-		if (bufsize < 0 ) {
-			bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown uid %ld", (long)uid); 
-		}
-		return NULL;
-	} else {
-		if(bufsize > 0 )
-		{
-			assert(name != NULL);
-			return safe_strncpy(name, myuser->pw_name, bufsize);
-		}
-		return myuser->pw_name;
-	}
+	return  my_getug(name, (myuser) ? myuser->pw_name : (char *)myuser , uid, bufsize, 'u');
 }
 
 /* END CODE */
diff --git a/libbb/my_getug.c b/libbb/my_getug.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..894dc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbb/my_getug.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 by Tito Ragusa <farmatito@tiscali.it>
+ *
+ * This program 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 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+ /* 
+  *
+  * if bufsize is > 0 char *idname can not be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success idname is written on static allocated buffer 
+  *                   (and a pointer to it is returned).
+  *                   On failure uid or gid as string is written to static allocated buffer
+  *                   and NULL is returned.
+  * if bufsize is = 0 char *idname can be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success idname is returned. 
+  *                   On failure NULL is returned.
+  * if bufsize is < 0 char *idname can be set to NULL.
+  *                   On success idname is returned.
+  *                   On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.   
+  */
+  
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+
+/* internal function for my_getpwuid and my_getgrgid */
+char * my_getug(char *buffer, char *idname, long id, int bufsize, char prefix)
+{
+	if(bufsize > 0 ) {
+		assert(buffer!=NULL);
+		if(idname) {
+			return safe_strncpy(buffer, idname, bufsize);
+		}
+		snprintf(buffer, bufsize, "%ld", id);
+	} else if(bufsize < 0 && !idname) {
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown %cid %ld", prefix, id); 
+	}
+	return idname;
+}
+
+/* END CODE */
+/*
+Local Variables:
+c-file-style: "linux"
+c-basic-offset: 4
+tab-width: 4
+End:
+*/