(getuidbyname): Declare parameter to be const.
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1 /* idcache.c -- map user and group IDs, cached for speed
2 Copyright (C) 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program 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
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
19 # include <config.h>
20 #endif
22 #include <stdio.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <pwd.h>
25 #include <grp.h>
27 #if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(HAVE_STRING_H)
28 # include <string.h>
29 #else
30 # include <strings.h>
31 #endif
33 #if HAVE_UNISTD_H
34 # include <unistd.h>
35 #endif
37 #ifndef _POSIX_VERSION
38 struct passwd *getpwuid ();
39 struct passwd *getpwnam ();
40 struct group *getgrgid ();
41 struct group *getgrnam ();
42 #endif
44 char *xmalloc ();
45 char *xstrdup ();
47 struct userid
49 union
51 uid_t u;
52 gid_t g;
53 } id;
54 char *name;
55 struct userid *next;
58 static struct userid *user_alist;
60 #ifdef NOT_USED
61 /* The members of this list have names not in the local passwd file. */
62 static struct userid *nouser_alist;
63 #endif /* NOT_USED */
65 /* Translate UID to a login name, with cache.
66 If UID cannot be resolved, return NULL.
67 Cache lookup failures, too. */
69 char *
70 getuser (uid)
71 uid_t uid;
73 register struct userid *tail;
74 struct passwd *pwent;
76 for (tail = user_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
77 if (tail->id.u == uid)
78 return tail->name;
80 pwent = getpwuid (uid);
81 tail = (struct userid *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct userid));
82 tail->id.u = uid;
83 tail->name = (pwent ? xstrdup (pwent->pw_name) : NULL);
85 /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first. */
86 tail->next = user_alist;
87 user_alist = tail;
88 return tail->name;
91 #ifdef NOT_USED
93 /* Translate USER to a UID, with cache.
94 Return NULL if there is no such user.
95 (We also cache which user names have no passwd entry,
96 so we don't keep looking them up.) */
98 uid_t *
99 getuidbyname (user)
100 const char *user;
102 register struct userid *tail;
103 struct passwd *pwent;
105 for (tail = user_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
106 /* Avoid a function call for the most common case. */
107 if (*tail->name == *user && !strcmp (tail->name, user))
108 return &tail->id.u;
110 for (tail = nouser_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
111 /* Avoid a function call for the most common case. */
112 if (*tail->name == *user && !strcmp (tail->name, user))
113 return 0;
115 pwent = getpwnam (user);
117 tail = (struct userid *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct userid));
118 tail->name = xstrdup (user);
120 /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first. */
121 if (pwent)
123 tail->id.u = pwent->pw_uid;
124 tail->next = user_alist;
125 user_alist = tail;
126 return &tail->id.u;
129 tail->next = nouser_alist;
130 nouser_alist = tail;
131 return 0;
134 #endif /* NOT_USED */
136 /* Use the same struct as for userids. */
137 static struct userid *group_alist;
138 static struct userid *nogroup_alist;
140 /* Translate GID to a group name or a stringified number,
141 with cache. */
143 char *
144 getgroup (gid)
145 gid_t gid;
147 register struct userid *tail;
148 struct group *grent;
150 for (tail = group_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
151 if (tail->id.g == gid)
152 return tail->name;
154 grent = getgrgid (gid);
155 tail = (struct userid *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct userid));
156 tail->id.g = gid;
157 tail->name = (grent ? xstrdup (grent->gr_name) : NULL);
159 /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first. */
160 tail->next = group_alist;
161 group_alist = tail;
162 return tail->name;
165 #ifdef NOT_USED
167 /* Translate GROUP to a GID, with cache.
168 Return NULL if there is no such group.
169 (We also cache which group names have no group entry,
170 so we don't keep looking them up.) */
172 gid_t *
173 getgidbyname (group)
174 const char *group;
176 register struct userid *tail;
177 struct group *grent;
179 for (tail = group_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
180 /* Avoid a function call for the most common case. */
181 if (*tail->name == *group && !strcmp (tail->name, group))
182 return &tail->id.g;
184 for (tail = nogroup_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
185 /* Avoid a function call for the most common case. */
186 if (*tail->name == *group && !strcmp (tail->name, group))
187 return 0;
189 grent = getgrnam (group);
191 tail = (struct userid *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct userid));
192 tail->name = xstrdup (group);
194 /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first. */
195 if (grent)
197 tail->id.g = grent->gr_gid;
198 tail->next = group_alist;
199 group_alist = tail;
200 return &tail->id.g;
203 tail->next = nogroup_alist;
204 nogroup_alist = tail;
205 return 0;
208 #endif /* NOT_USED */