From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 22 22:56:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC58D106567D for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (asmtp1.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E3B88FC08 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:56:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9MMuCVc029792; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:56:12 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-130-66.as13285.net [92.22.130.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9MMuBca029785; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:56:11 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6610B33C1F; Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:56:11 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:56:11 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: "Christopher J. Ruwe" Message-ID: <20111022225611.GA36172@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20111021185333.7c197a2a@dijkstra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111021185333.7c197a2a@dijkstra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trying to learn systems programming, fear I have not understood and thus messed up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:56:15 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 06:53:33PM +0200, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote: > > To improve on my C and to learn something about systems programming, I > have begun to pick out "bite-size bits" from the bin-PRs. Currently, I > am dispairing about bin/149972, which is about 1) adding error handling > to pw being invoced "pw -u " and 2) trying to get a uid from > the (incorrectly) passed username. Currently, I cannot accomplish want > I wanted to do, so I turn here for hints or help. >=20 [snip] Christopher, you're probably best off posting to hackers@ for programming problems pertaining to FreeBSD. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk6jSgoACgkQHduKvUAgeK43EwCgvhB2yuwmrY3F9T5EOwk06SfA tWoAnia6ywew2iJuNLaoG9G95pG42zth =//pV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--