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-rw-r--r--src/bin/initdb/initdb.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 55dbdf9284d..f965f0b2a5f 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
* Portions taken from FreeBSD.
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.125.2.2 2008/02/29 23:31:57 adunstan Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.125.2.3 2009/03/31 18:58:34 mha Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -647,6 +647,13 @@ get_id(void)
progname);
exit(1);
}
+ if (!pw)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ _("%s: could not obtain information about current user: %s\n"),
+ progname, strerror(errno));
+ exit(1);
+ }
#else /* the windows code */
struct passwd_win32
@@ -658,7 +665,12 @@ get_id(void)
DWORD pwname_size = sizeof(pass_win32.pw_name) - 1;
pw->pw_uid = 1;
- GetUserName(pw->pw_name, &pwname_size);
+ if (!GetUserName(pw->pw_name, &pwname_size))
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not get current user name: %s\n"),
+ progname, strerror(errno));
+ exit(1);
+ }
#endif
return xstrdup(pw->pw_name);