userdb.h File Reference

Header for userdb.c. More...

#include "orconfig.h"
#include <sys/types.h>

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Functions
const struct passwd *	tor_getpwnam (const char *username)
const struct passwd *	tor_getpwuid (uid_t uid)
char *	get_user_homedir (const char *username)

Detailed Description

Header for userdb.c.

Definition in file userdb.h.

Function Documentation

get_user_homedir()

char* get_user_homedir

(

const char *

username

)

Allocate and return a string containing the home directory for the user username. Only works on posix-like systems.

Definition at line 127 of file userdb.c.

tor_getpwnam()

const struct passwd* tor_getpwnam

(

const char *

username

)

Wrapper around getpwnam() that caches result. Used so that we don't need to give the sandbox access to /etc/passwd.

The following fields alone will definitely be copied in the output: pw_uid, pw_gid, pw_name, pw_dir. Other fields are not present in cached values.

When called with a NULL argument, this function clears storage associated with static variables it uses.

Definition at line 70 of file userdb.c.

Referenced by get_user_homedir().

tor_getpwuid()

const struct passwd* tor_getpwuid

(

uid_t

uid

)

Wrapper around getpwnam() that can use cached result from tor_getpwnam(). Used so that we don't need to give the sandbox access to /etc/passwd.

The following fields alone will definitely be copied in the output: pw_uid, pw_gid, pw_name, pw_dir. Other fields are not present in cached values.

Definition at line 106 of file userdb.c.