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From: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org>
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> The test program you posted doesn't do *any* error-checking... which
> means that if getpwnam() fails, your program will happily try to
> dereference a null pointer, hence the SIGSEGV.

Shoulda put that disclaimer in -- that one was quick-and-dirty --
normally, my programs aren't that badly done.. :)

mike




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