Proposal for modifying Get_Pwnam() [Re: couple of getpwnam()questions]

[Gerald Carter]

okuyamak at dd.iij4u.or.jp wrote:
> 
> 1. Why did you not make "AS-IS" test first?
> # I thought this is the easiest, and yet highest possible...

Because I have never met a UNIX sysadmin which did not 
use lower case usernames.  Also remember that all Win9x clients
transmit the username in upper case.

I don't really care either way, but I think a lower case 
username will match first in most circumstances.

> 2. I wonder what will happen if Japanese version of Windows Client
>   having username of Japanese......
>   Maybe we should make Get_Pwnam() as 'pointer to function',
>   and leave the way to switch to correct one according to 'coding
>   system' option.

I would assume the local getpwnam() call should handle 
the foreighn characters.  But I am by no means someone
who should be talking about foreigh character support :-)




Cheers, jerry
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