sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c

/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

/* Return the username of the caller.
   If S is not NULL, it points to a buffer of at least L_cuserid bytes
   into which the name is copied; otherwise, a static buffer is used.  */
char *
cuserid (s)
     char *s;
{
  static char name[L_cuserid];
  char buf[NSS_BUFLEN_PASSWD];
  struct passwd pwent;
  struct passwd *pwptr;

  if (__getpwuid_r (__geteuid (), &pwent, buf, sizeof (buf), &pwptr)
      || pwptr == NULL)
    {
      if (s != NULL)
	s[0] = '\0';
      return s;
    }

  if (s == NULL)
    s = name;
  s[L_cuserid - 1] = '\0';
  return strncpy (s, pwptr->pw_name, L_cuserid - 1);
}