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+/*
+** Copyright (c) 2004 OBOS
+** Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
+** of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 
+** in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 
+** to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 
+** copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
+** furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+** 
+** The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 
+** copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+** 
+** THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
+** IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
+** FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
+** AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
+** LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 
+** OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 
+** SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <grp.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static	void	print_user_info(int userID, char *suffix);
+static	void	print_group_info(int groupID, char *suffix);
+static	void	print_group_list(int listID);
+static	void	print_combined_info(void);
+static	void	suggest_help(void);
+static	void	usage(void);
+static	void	version(void);
+
+char *progName;
+static int gFlag, glFlag, nFlag, rFlag, uFlag;
+struct passwd *euidName;
+struct passwd *ruidName;
+struct group *egidName;
+struct group *rgidName;
+uid_t eUID;
+uid_t rUID;
+gid_t eGID;
+gid_t rGID;
+gid_t groupList;
+char *suffix;
+
+
+static void
+print_user_info(int userID, char *suffix) {
+	struct stat statBuffer;
+	struct passwd *userIDName;
+	if ((userIDName = getpwuid(userID)) != NULL) {
+		if (nFlag)
+   			fprintf(stdout, "%s%s", userIDName->pw_name, suffix);
+		else 
+    		fprintf(stdout, "%u%s", eUID, suffix); 
+	} else
+   		fprintf(stdout, "%-8d%s", statBuffer.st_uid, suffix);
+}
+
+
+static void
+print_group_info(int groupID, char *suffix) {
+	struct stat statBuffer;
+	struct group *groupIDName;
+	if ((groupIDName = getgrgid(groupID)) != NULL) {
+    	if (nFlag)
+    		fprintf(stdout, "%s%s", groupIDName->gr_name, suffix);
+    	else
+    		fprintf(stdout, "%u%s", groupID, suffix);
+	} else
+    	fprintf(stdout, " %-8d%s", statBuffer.st_gid, suffix);
+}
+
+static void
+print_group_list(int groupID) {
+	int cnt, id, lastID, nGroups;
+	gid_t *groups; 
+	long ngroups_max; 
+
+	ngroups_max = sysconf(NGROUPS_MAX) + 1; 
+	groups = (gid_t *)malloc(ngroups_max *sizeof(gid_t)); 
+
+	nGroups = getgroups(ngroups_max, groups);
+
+	suffix = "";
+	print_group_info(groupID, suffix);
+	for (lastID = -1, cnt = 0; cnt < ngroups_max; ++cnt) {
+		if (lastID == (id = groups[cnt]))
+			continue;
+		suffix = " ";
+		print_group_info(id, suffix);
+		lastID = id;
+	}
+	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+}
+
+
+static void
+print_combined_info() {
+	if ( eUID != rUID ) {
+		suffix = "";
+		rFlag = 1;
+		fprintf(stdout, "uid=");
+		print_user_info(rUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, "(");
+		nFlag = 1;
+		print_user_info(rUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, ") gid=");
+		rFlag = 1;	nFlag = 0;
+		print_group_info(rGID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, "(");
+		rFlag = 0; nFlag = 1;
+		print_group_info(eGID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, ") euid=");
+		rFlag = 0;	nFlag = 0;
+		print_user_info(eUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, "(");
+		rFlag = 0; nFlag = 1;
+		print_user_info(eUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, ")\n");
+	} else {
+		suffix = "";
+		rFlag = 1;
+		fprintf(stdout, "uid=");
+		print_user_info(rUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, "(");
+		nFlag = 1;
+		print_user_info(rUID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, ") gid=");
+		rFlag = 1;	nFlag = 0;
+		print_group_info(rGID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, "(");
+		rFlag = 1;	nFlag = 1;
+		print_group_info(rGID, suffix);
+		fprintf(stdout, ")\n");
+	}
+}
+
+
+static void
+suggest_help(void)
+{
+	(void)fprintf(stdout, "Try `%s --help' for more information.\n", progName);
+}
+
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	fprintf(stdout, 
+"%s OBOS (http://www.openbeos.org/)
+
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... [USERNAME]
+
+  -g, --group     print only the group ID
+  -G, --groups    print only the supplementary groups
+  -n, --name      print a name instead of a number, for -ugG
+  -r, --real      print the real ID instead of effective ID, for -ugG
+  -u, --user      print only the user ID
+      --help      display this help and exit
+      --version   output version information and exit
+
+Print information for USERNAME, or the current user.
+	
+", progName, progName	);
+}
+
+
+static void
+version(void)
+{
+	fprintf(stdout, "%s OBOS (http://www.openbeos.org/)\n", progName);
+}
+
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
+{ 
+	int argOption;
+	int indexptr = 0;
+	char * const * optargv = argv;
+
+	struct option groupOption = { "group", no_argument, 0, 1 } ;
+	struct option groupsOption = { "groups", no_argument, 0, 2 } ;
+	struct option nameOption = { "name", no_argument, 0, 3 } ;
+	struct option realOption = { "real", no_argument, 0, 4 } ;
+	struct option userOption = { "user", no_argument, 0, 5 } ;
+	struct option helpOption = { "help", no_argument, 0, 6 } ;
+	struct option versionOption = { "version", no_argument, 0, 7 } ;
+
+	struct option options[] = {
+	groupOption, groupsOption, nameOption, realOption, userOption, helpOption, versionOption, {0}
+	};
+
+	struct passwd *suppliedName;
+
+	gFlag = glFlag = nFlag = rFlag = uFlag = 0;
+	progName = argv[0]; // don't put this before or between structs! werrry bad things happen. ;)
+
+	while ((argOption = getopt_long(argc, optargv, "gGnru", options, &indexptr)) != -1) {
+	
+		switch (argOption) { 
+			case 'g':
+				gFlag = 1;
+				break; 
+			case 'G':
+				glFlag = 1;
+				break; 
+			case 'n':
+				nFlag = 1;
+				break; 
+			case 'r':
+				rFlag = 1;
+				break; 
+			case 'u':
+				uFlag = 1;
+				break; 
+			default:
+				switch (options[indexptr].val) {
+					case 6: // help
+						usage();
+						exit(0);
+					case 7: // version
+						version();
+						exit(0);
+					default:
+						suggest_help();
+						exit(0);
+				}
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (argc - optind > 1)
+		usage();
+	
+	if (argc - optind == 1) {
+		suppliedName = getpwnam(argv[optind]);
+	
+		if (suppliedName == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: No such user\n", progName, argv[optind]);
+			suggest_help();
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		rUID = eUID = suppliedName->pw_uid;
+		rGID = eGID = suppliedName->pw_gid;
+    } else {
+		eUID = geteuid ();
+		rUID = getuid ();
+		eGID = getegid ();
+		rGID = getgid ();
+		
+		euidName = getpwuid(eUID);
+		ruidName = getpwuid(rUID);
+		egidName = getgrgid(eGID);
+		rgidName = getgrgid(rGID);
+    }
+
+	if ( gFlag + glFlag + uFlag > 1 ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot print only user and only group\n", progName);
+		suggest_help();
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if ( gFlag + glFlag + uFlag == 0 && (rFlag || nFlag)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot print only names or real IDs in default format\n", progName); 
+		suggest_help();
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (gFlag) {
+	// group information
+		suffix = "\n";
+		if (rFlag)
+			print_group_info(rUID, suffix);
+		else
+			print_group_info(eUID, suffix);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	if (glFlag) {
+	// group list
+		if (rFlag)
+			print_group_list(rUID);
+		else
+			print_group_list(eUID);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+	
+	if (uFlag) {
+	// user information
+		suffix = "\n";
+		if (rFlag)
+			print_user_info(rUID, suffix);
+		else
+			print_user_info(eUID, suffix);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	// no arguments? print combined info.
+	print_combined_info();
+
+	return B_NO_ERROR;
+}