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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/Instance.cpp b/cpp/src/Ice/Instance.cpp
index 936bf3cca2f..e94781b3cf1 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/Instance.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/Instance.cpp
@@ -1021,21 +1021,25 @@ IceInternal::Instance::Instance(const CommunicatorPtr& communicator, const Initi
string newUser = _initData.properties->getProperty("Ice.ChangeUser");
if(!newUser.empty())
{
- errno = 0;
- struct passwd* pw = getpwnam(newUser.c_str());
- if(!pw)
+ struct passwd pwbuf;
+ vector<char> buffer(4096); // 4KB initial buffer
+ struct passwd *pw;
+ int err = getpwnam_r(newUser.c_str(), &pwbuf, &buffer[0], buffer.size(), &pw);
+ while(err == ERANGE && buffer.size() < 1024 * 1024) // Limit buffer to 1MB
{
- if(errno)
- {
- SyscallException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__);
- ex.error = getSystemErrno();
- throw ex;
- }
- else
- {
- InitializationException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__, "Unknown user account `" + newUser + "'");
- throw ex;
- }
+ buffer.resize(buffer.size() * 2);
+ }
+ if(err != 0)
+ {
+ Ice::SyscallException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__);
+ ex.error = err;
+ throw ex;
+ }
+ else if(pw == 0)
+ {
+ InitializationException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__);
+ ex.reason ="unknown user account `" + newUser + "'";
+ throw ex;
}
if(setgid(pw->pw_gid) == -1)