At 07:01 PM 1/1/2003 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >Oops. You're right. So, the only potential problem is that the getpw >routines aren't thread safe. There is a window during the passwd info >resides in a static structure.
You are right, the routines are not thread safe. However everything should be fine unless passwd or group are changed while a program is running. That's probably not the case here. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
