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From: imtsft@imt3b2.UUCP (IMT)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: fix for Unknown@site
Message-ID: <2992@imt3b2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 05:15:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: imt3b2.2992
Posted: Wed Oct 14 05:15:45 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Oct-87 07:08:35 EDT
Organization: IMT Inc., Mission Viejo, CA.
Lines: 35
Keywords: funcs2.c bug


pathinit now initializes username to "Unknown", therefore funcs2.c, when
checking username for NULL, will never find a match. The fix is to check
the username in the same way that inews.c now does. the one line patch is:

*** funcs2.c.old	Wed Oct 14 02:07:46 1987
--- funcs2.c	Wed Oct 14 02:06:37 1987
***************
*** 41,47
  	if (flag) {
  		if ((p = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL)
  			xerror("Cannot get user's name");
! 		if ( username == NULL || username[0] == 0)
  			username = AllocCpy(p->pw_name);
  		userhome = AllocCpy(p->pw_dir);
  		flag = FALSE;

--- 41,47 -----
  	if (flag) {
  		if ((p = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL)
  			xerror("Cannot get user's name");
! 		if (STRCMP(username, "Unknown") == 0 || username[0] == 0)
  			username = AllocCpy(p->pw_name);
  		userhome = AllocCpy(p->pw_dir);
  		flag = FALSE;

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