shadow/libmisc/chkname.c

/*
 * check_user_name(), check_group_name() - check the new user/group
 * name for validity; return value: 1 - OK, 0 - bad name
 */

#include <config.h>

#ident "$Id$"

#include <ctype.h>
#include "defines.h"
#include "chkname.h"
#if HAVE_UTMPX_H
#include <utmpx.h>
#else
#include <utmp.h>
#endif
static int good_name (const char *name)
{
	/*
	 * User/group names must match [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]
	 */
	if (!*name || !((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') || *name == '_'))
		return 0;

	while (*++name) {
		if (!((*name >= 'a' && *name <= 'z') ||
		      (*name >= '0' && *name <= '9') ||
		      *name == '_' || *name == '-' ||
		      (*name == '$' && *(name + 1) == '\0')))
			return 0;
	}

	return 1;
}

int check_user_name (const char *name)
{
#if HAVE_UTMPX_H
	struct utmpx ut;
#else
	struct utmp ut;
#endif

	/*
	 * User names are limited by whatever utmp can
	 * handle (usually max 8 characters).
	 */
	if (strlen (name) > sizeof (ut.ut_user))
		return 0;

	return good_name (name);
}

int check_group_name (const char *name)
{
	/*
	 * Arbitrary limit for group names - max 16
	 * characters (same as on HP-UX 10).
	 */
	if (strlen (name) > 16)
		return 0;

	return good_name (name);
}