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-rw-r--r--src/arping.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/arping.c b/src/arping.c
index 26c568a..789aed7 100644
--- a/src/arping.c
+++ b/src/arping.c
@@ -318,9 +318,13 @@ drop_privileges(const char* drop_group)
gid_t gid = 0;
if (!(pw = getpwnam(drop_user))) {
if (verbose) {
- // TODO: better error message.
- printf("arping: getpwnam(%s): %s\n",
- drop_user, strerror(errno));
+ if (errno != 0) {
+ printf("arping: getpwnam(%s): %s\n",
+ drop_user, strerror(errno));
+ } else {
+ printf("arping: getpwnam(%s): unknown user\n",
+ drop_user);
+ }
}
return; // TODO: remove this 'return'.
} else {