Re: lug_: usernames with a dot (.)

[joseph mpora]

James the chkname.c file (see below)  seems to be the one that checks
for usernames. Is this the file you had to change?

-------------------BEGIN CODE-----------------------

/*
 * check_user_name(), check_group_name() - check the new user/group
 * name for validity; return value: 1 - OK, 0 - bad name
 */

#include <config.h>

#include "rcsid.h"
RCSID("$Id: chkname.c,v 1.6 2002/01/10 13:04:34 kloczek Exp $")

#include <ctype.h>
#include "defines.h"
#include "chkname.h"

#if HAVE_UTMPX_H
#include <utmpx.h>
#else
#include <utmp.h>
#endif

static int
good_name(const char *name)
{
        /*
         * User/group names must match [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*
         */
        if (!*name || !((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') || *name == '_'))
                return 0;

        while (*++name) {
                if (!((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') ||
                    (*name >= '0' && *name <= '9') ||
                    *name == '_' || *name == '-' ||
                    (*name == '$' && *(name+1) == NULL)))
                        return 0;
        }

        return 1;
}

int
check_user_name(const char *name)
{
#if HAVE_UTMPX_H
        struct utmpx ut;
#else
        struct utmp ut;
#endif

        /*
         * User names are limited by whatever utmp can
         * handle (usually max 8 characters).
         */
        if (strlen(name) > sizeof(ut.ut_user))
                return 0;

        return good_name(name);
}

int
check_group_name(const char *name)
{
        /*
         * Arbitrary limit for group names - max 16
         * characters (same as on HP-UX 10).
         */
        if (strlen(name) > 16)
                return 0;

        return good_name(name);
}

-----------END----------------



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