On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:30:39 +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > I don't mind the slight change of behavior in write(1) in an unlikely > branch, but how about doing this instead? > > if ((login = user_from_uid(myuid, 1)) == NULL) > login = "???"; > > either way ok.
The "???" is not terribly useful. I think it is better to use the uid of the user writing to the tty. Either way, this is a code path unlikely to be exercised. - todd