programming question, for samba.

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
Thu, 09 Oct 1997 15:48:10 -0000

On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> help, help.  does anyone know of a generic way to convert string username
> into a uid (user id)?

the answer to my own question is: Get_Pwnam() in samba - an upper/lower
etc case wrapper around man (3) getpwnam().

luke


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