Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:27:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen getpwent.c Message-ID: <200304181727.h3IHR5bN011320@repoman.freebsd.org>
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nectar 2003/04/18 10:27:05 PDT
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Modified files:
lib/libc/gen getpwent.c
Log:
Don't use `memset' to initialize a struct passwd. A module
may not fill in all fields, and in the case of string fields, this could
cause trouble for applications. (The only likely example is `pw_class',
because this field is not used by all modules in all cases.)
Move initialization of struct passwd from module-specific code to the
dispatch code.
The problem of a NULL pw_class was
Noticed by: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx>
and the c^Htrusty ssh(1) command.
Déjà vu by: getpwent.c revision 1.56
Sponsored by: DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories
Revision Changes Path
1.74 +31 -6 src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c
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