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Re: Where is getpw declared?

To: Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
Subject: Re: Where is getpw declared?
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Date: 30 Jun 1999 16:58:48 -0700
Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com
References: <u8lnd2w99r.fsf@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)

Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> writes:

> The linux manual page states that getpw is declared via including
> <pwd.h> - but I can't find the prototype in any header at all.

I've added your patch.  I've also marked getpw as dangerous since
buffer overruns are possible.

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References:
- Where is getpw declared?
  - From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

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