this function was removed from the standard in 2001 but appeared in SUSv2 with an obligation to support calls with a null pointer argument, using a static buffer.
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
char *cuserid(char *buf)
{
+ static char usridbuf[L_cuserid];
struct passwd pw, *ppw;
long pwb[256];
if (getpwuid_r(geteuid(), &pw, (void *)pwb, sizeof pwb, &ppw))
return 0;
+ if (!buf) buf = usridbuf;
snprintf(buf, L_cuserid, "%s", pw.pw_name);
return buf;
}