ut.c File Reference

Various utility functions, mostly related to string handling. More...

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <grp.h>
#include "ut.h"

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Functions
int	group2gid (int *gid, char *group)
	Converts a groupname into gid value.
void	seed_child (unsigned int seed)
int	user2uid (int *uid, int *gid, char *user)
	Converts a username into uid and gid values.
Variables
char	int2str_buf [INT2STR_MAX_LEN]

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Detailed Description

Various utility functions, mostly related to string handling.

Definition in file ut.c.

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Function Documentation

int group2gid	(	int *	gid,
		char *	group
	)

Converts a groupname into gid value.

Parameters:

	gid	group id
	group	group name

Returns:

-1 on error, 0 on success

Definition at line 80 of file ut.c.

Referenced by main(), and mi_mod_init().

void seed_child

(

unsigned int

seed

)

utility function to give each children a unique seed

Definition at line 102 of file ut.c.

Referenced by internal_fork().

int user2uid	(	int *	uid,
		int *	gid,
		char *	user
	)

Converts a username into uid and gid values.

Parameters:

	uid	user id
	gid	group id, set to null if you don't want this
	user	username

Returns:

-1 on error, 0 on success

Definition at line 51 of file ut.c.

Referenced by main(), and mi_mod_init().

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Variable Documentation

char int2str_buf[INT2STR_MAX_LEN]

buffer for int2str

Definition at line 41 of file ut.c.

Referenced by int2str().