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23 * Based in part on code from sash, Copyright (c) 1999 by David I. Bell
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30 #include "../pwd_grp/pwd.h"
31 #include "../pwd_grp/grp.h"
36 /* gets a gid given a user name */
37 long my_getpwnamegid(const char *name)
39 struct group *mygroup;
40 struct passwd *myuser;
42 myuser=getpwnam(name);
44 error_msg_and_die("unknown user name: %s", name);
46 mygroup = getgrgid(myuser->pw_gid);
48 error_msg_and_die("unknown gid %ld", (long)myuser->pw_gid);
50 return mygroup->gr_gid;