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diff --git a/lib/libcompat/4.4/cuserid.3 b/lib/libcompat/4.4/cuserid.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f3b4fc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libcompat/4.4/cuserid.3 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Joerg Wunsch +.\" +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Joerg Wunsch +.\" 4. The name of the developer may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 10, 1995 +.Os +.Dt CUSERID 3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm cuserid +.Nd get user name associated with effective UID +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <stdio.h> +.Ft char * +.Fn cuserid "char *s" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +The cuserid function is made obsolete by getpwuid. +.br +It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat. +.Ef +.Pp +The function +.Nm cuserid +gets the user name associated with the effective UID of the current +process. If the argument +.Fa s +is non-NULL, the name is copied to the buffer it points to, +and that address is being returned. This buffer must provide space +for at least +.Em L_cuserid +characters. The L_cuserid constant is defined in +.Pa Aq stdio.h . + +If +.Fa s +is NULL, an internal array is used and its address will be returned. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Nm cuserid +returns the address of an array in which the name has been stored. + +If the name associated with the effective UID of the current process +could not be found, either a null pointer will be returned, or +.Po +if +.Fa s +is non-NULL +.Pc +the buffer +.Fa s +will be filled with a null string. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr geteuid 2 , +.Xr getpwuid 3 |