Re: [bug-inetutils] iruserok missing in OpenSolaris

[Simon Josefsson]

Mats Andersson <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> not too long ago "libinetutils.a" implemented "iruserok()",
> but the code has been removed. This function is still in use by
>
>      src/rlogind.c
>      src/rshd.c
>
> but the project now relies on the availability of this function
> within the Libc on a given system.
>
> However, the Libc implementation of OpenSolaris/NexentaCore
> does not provide "iruserok()", only "ruserok()". Do we want
> to reintroduce some sort of wrapper?

I think so -- iruserok is not standard as far as I know, and even glibc
does not have any prototype for it.  It is somewhat of a mess.

We should consider whether iuserok is the right function to use at all.
Maybe there are more modern way to do the same?

/Simon