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5 * Copyright (C) 1999-2003 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
30 /* gets a gid given a user name */
31 long my_getpwnamegid(const char *name)
33 struct group *mygroup;
34 struct passwd *myuser;
36 myuser=getpwnam(name);
38 bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown user name: %s", name);
40 mygroup = getgrgid(myuser->pw_gid);
42 bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown gid %ld", (long)myuser->pw_gid);
44 return mygroup->gr_gid;