Instead of always casting the pw_checkname input to u_char * and casting it back

to char *, change pw_checkname to directly take char * in input

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/pw/pw.h b/pw/pw.h
index a1ed0c4..5950681 100644
--- a/pw/pw.h
+++ b/pw/pw.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct carg *getarg(struct cargs * _args, int ch);
 
 int pw_user(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * _args);
 int pw_group(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * _args);
-char    *pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos);
+char *pw_checkname(char *name, int gecos);
 
 int addnispwent(const char *path, struct passwd *pwd);
 int delnispwent(const char *path, const char *login);
diff --git a/pw/pw_group.c b/pw/pw_group.c
index c001160..bc559a5 100644
--- a/pw/pw_group.c
+++ b/pw/pw_group.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pw_group(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 			grp->gr_gid = (gid_t) atoi(a_gid->val);
 
 		if (a_newname != NULL)
-			grp->gr_name = pw_checkname((u_char *)a_newname->val, 0);
+			grp->gr_name = pw_checkname(a_newname->val, 0);
 	} else {
 		if (a_name == NULL)	/* Required */
 			errx(EX_DATAERR, "group name required");
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pw_group(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 		extendarray(&members, &grmembers, 200);
 		members[0] = NULL;
 		grp = &fakegroup;
-		grp->gr_name = pw_checkname((u_char *)a_name->val, 0);
+		grp->gr_name = pw_checkname(a_name->val, 0);
 		grp->gr_passwd = "*";
 		grp->gr_gid = gr_gidpolicy(cnf, args);
 		grp->gr_mem = members;
diff --git a/pw/pw_user.c b/pw/pw_user.c
index cb4c3de..3880c42 100644
--- a/pw/pw_user.c
+++ b/pw/pw_user.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ pw_user(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 		}
 	}
 	if ((arg = getarg(args, 'L')) != NULL)
-		cnf->default_class = pw_checkname((u_char *)arg->val, 0);
+		cnf->default_class = pw_checkname(arg->val, 0);
 
 	if ((arg = getarg(args, 'G')) != NULL && arg->val) {
 		int i = 0;
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pw_user(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 	}
 
 	if ((a_name = getarg(args, 'n')) != NULL)
-		pwd = GETPWNAM(pw_checkname((u_char *)a_name->val, 0));
+		pwd = GETPWNAM(pw_checkname(a_name->val, 0));
 	a_uid = getarg(args, 'u');
 
 	if (a_uid == NULL) {
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ pw_user(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 		if ((arg = getarg(args, 'l')) != NULL) {
 			if (strcmp(pwd->pw_name, "root") == 0)
 				errx(EX_DATAERR, "can't rename `root' account");
-			pwd->pw_name = pw_checkname((u_char *)arg->val, 0);
+			pwd->pw_name = pw_checkname(arg->val, 0);
 			edited = 1;
 		}
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ pw_user(struct userconf * cnf, int mode, struct cargs * args)
 	 * Shared add/edit code
 	 */
 	if ((arg = getarg(args, 'c')) != NULL) {
-		char	*gecos = pw_checkname((u_char *)arg->val, 1);
+		char	*gecos = pw_checkname(arg->val, 1);
 		if (strcmp(pwd->pw_gecos, gecos) != 0) {
 			pwd->pw_gecos = gecos;
 			edited = 1;
@@ -1239,11 +1239,11 @@ print_user(struct passwd * pwd, int pretty, int v7)
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-char    *
-pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos)
+char *
+pw_checkname(char *name, int gecos)
 {
 	char showch[8];
-	u_char const *badchars, *ch, *showtype;
+	const char *badchars, *ch, *showtype;
 	int reject;
 
 	ch = name;
@@ -1294,7 +1294,8 @@ pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos)
 	if (!gecos && (ch - name) > LOGNAMESIZE)
 		errx(EX_DATAERR, "name too long `%s' (max is %d)", name,
 		    LOGNAMESIZE);
-	return (char *)name;
+
+	return (name);
 }