From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 18:28:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: catch the case where the user is not in the passwd file
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_5_4~16
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=82654611c3b8073c697f8a40186f3bcc432646ed;p=sudo

catch the case where the user is not in the passwd file
---

diff --git a/visudo.c b/visudo.c
index 110b345af..e1e0a0bff 100644
--- a/visudo.c
+++ b/visudo.c
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ int main(argc, argv)
 	usage();
 
     /* user_pw_ent needs to point to something... */
-    user_pw_ent = getpwuid(getuid());
+    if ((user_pw_ent = getpwuid(getuid())) == NULL) {
+	(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: Can't find you in the passwd database: ",
+	    Argv[0]);
+	perror(stmp);
+	exit(1);
+    }
 
 #ifdef ENV_EDITOR
     /*