Tito writes,
"This patch fixes all the bugs in id previously spotted by vodz and me.
The binary size increased a bit, but now it should work as expected."
diff --git a/libbb/my_getug.c b/libbb/my_getug.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..894dc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbb/my_getug.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 by Tito Ragusa <farmatito@tiscali.it>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+ /*
+ *
+ * if bufsize is > 0 char *idname can not be set to NULL.
+ * On success idname is written on static allocated buffer
+ * (and a pointer to it is returned).
+ * On failure uid or gid as string is written to static allocated buffer
+ * and NULL is returned.
+ * if bufsize is = 0 char *idname can be set to NULL.
+ * On success idname is returned.
+ * On failure NULL is returned.
+ * if bufsize is < 0 char *idname can be set to NULL.
+ * On success idname is returned.
+ * On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+
+/* internal function for my_getpwuid and my_getgrgid */
+char * my_getug(char *buffer, char *idname, long id, int bufsize, char prefix)
+{
+ if(bufsize > 0 ) {
+ assert(buffer!=NULL);
+ if(idname) {
+ return safe_strncpy(buffer, idname, bufsize);
+ }
+ snprintf(buffer, bufsize, "%ld", id);
+ } else if(bufsize < 0 && !idname) {
+ bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown %cid %ld", prefix, id);
+ }
+ return idname;
+}
+
+/* END CODE */
+/*
+Local Variables:
+c-file-style: "linux"
+c-basic-offset: 4
+tab-width: 4
+End:
+*/