Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 15:32:42 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: evans@fubar.cl.msu.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: why are pw_uid and pw_gid defined as int's in pwd.h/grp.h? Message-ID: <199508120532.PAA01476@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> Does anyone know why in pwd.h inside the password struct both pw_uid >and pw_gid items are defined as int's? Shouldn't they be uid_t and gid_t? >Also on a similar note in the grp.h file inside the definition of struct >group, item gr_gid is defined as an int and not gid_t. <pwd.h> and <grp.h> are broken, perhaps for compatibility with broken applications. > My main concern is that I am writing library functions that add/delete >users and groups and need to be able to print them out correctly. Currently >chpass(and the other password utils) print it out like this: >from src/usr.bin/chpass/pw_copy.c: > struct passwd *pw; ><hack> > (void)fprintf(to, "%s:%s:%d:%d:%s:%ld:%ld:%s:%s:%s\n", > pw->pw_name, pw->pw_passwd, pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_gid, > pw->pw_class, pw->pw_change, pw->pw_expire, pw->pw_gecos, > pw->pw_dir, pw->pw_shell); This is a good example of application broken-ness. Bruce
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