Imported from util-linux-2.7.1 tarball.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/login-utils/islocal.c b/login-utils/islocal.c
index a4cfb16ab..5480c5744 100644
--- a/login-utils/islocal.c
+++ b/login-utils/islocal.c
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-/* islocal.c - returns true if user is registered in the local
+/* 
+   islocal.c - returns true if user is registered in the local
    /etc/passwd file. Written by Alvaro Martinez Echevarria, 
    alvaro@enano.etsit.upm.es, to allow peaceful coexistence with yp. Nov 94.
+
    Hacked a bit by poe@daimi.aau.dk
    See also ftp://ftp.daimi.aau.dk/pub/linux/poe/admutil*
+
+   Hacked by Peter Breitenlohner, peb@mppmu.mpg.de,
+     to distinguish user names where one is a prefix of the other,
+     and to use "pathnames.h". Oct 5, 96.   
+
 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "pathnames.h"
+
 #define MAX_LENGTH	1024
 
 int
@@ -16,14 +25,16 @@ is_local(char *user)
 	FILE *fd;
 	char line[MAX_LENGTH];
 	int local = 0;
+	int len;
 
-        if(!(fd = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r"))) {
-                puts("Can't read /etc/passwd, exiting.");
+        if(!(fd = fopen(_PATH_PASSWD, "r"))) {
+                fprintf(stderr,"Can't read %s, exiting.",_PATH_PASSWD);
                 exit(1);
         }
 
+	len = strlen(user);
         while(fgets(line, MAX_LENGTH, fd) > 0) {
-                if(!strncmp(line, user, strlen(user))) {
+                if(!strncmp(line, user, len) && line[len] == ':') {
 			local = 1;
 			break;
                 }