From: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>

- allow calling without argument
- allow not only - but also -l to regenerate stock environment
- allow numerical group IDs
- do not advertise the ability to run an arbitrary command instead
  of just starting a new shell

Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
---
 winsup/utils/newgrp.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/utils/newgrp.c b/winsup/utils/newgrp.c
index 414e8cdf8edc..da54637c57d2 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/newgrp.c
+++ b/winsup/utils/newgrp.c
@@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ main (int argc, const char **argv)
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
-  if (argc < 2 || (argv[1][0] == '-' && argv[1][1]))
-    {
-      fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s [-] [group] [command [args...]]\n",
-              program_invocation_short_name);
-      return 1;
-    }
-
   /* Check if we have to regenerate a stock environment */
-  if (argv[1][0] == '-')
+  if (argc > 1 && argv[1][0] == '-')
     {
+      if (argv[1][1] != '\0' && strcmp (argv[1], "-l") != 0)
+       {
+         /* Do not advertise the ability to run an arbitrary command. */
+         fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s [-] [group]\n",
+                  program_invocation_short_name);
+         return 1;
+       }
       new_child_env = true;
       --argc;
       ++argv;
@@ -165,8 +165,16 @@ main (int argc, const char **argv)
     }
   else
     {
-      gr = getgrnam (argv[1]);
-      if (!gr)
+      char *eptr;
+
+      if ((gr = getgrnam (argv[1])) != NULL)
+       /*valid*/;
+      else if (isdigit ((int) argv[1][0])
+              && (gid = strtoul (argv[1], &eptr, 10)) != ULONG_MAX
+              && *eptr == '\0'
+              && (gr = getgrgid (gid)) != NULL)
+       /*valid*/;
+      else
        {
          fprintf (stderr, "%s: group '%s' does not exist\n",
                   program_invocation_short_name, argv[1]);
-- 
2.51.1

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