+
+bool valid_user_group_name(const char *u) {
+ const char *i;
+ long sz;
+
+ /* Checks if the specified name is a valid user/group name. */
+
+ if (isempty(u))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!(u[0] >= 'a' && u[0] <= 'z') &&
+ !(u[0] >= 'A' && u[0] <= 'Z') &&
+ u[0] != '_')
+ return false;
+
+ for (i = u+1; *i; i++) {
+ if (!(*i >= 'a' && *i <= 'z') &&
+ !(*i >= 'A' && *i <= 'Z') &&
+ !(*i >= '0' && *i <= '9') &&
+ *i != '_' &&
+ *i != '-')
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ sz = sysconf(_SC_LOGIN_NAME_MAX);
+ assert_se(sz > 0);
+
+ if ((size_t) (i-u) > (size_t) sz)
+ return false;
+
+ if ((size_t) (i-u) > UT_NAMESIZE - 1)
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool valid_user_group_name_or_id(const char *u) {
+
+ /* Similar as above, but is also fine with numeric UID/GID specifications, as long as they are in the right
+ * range, and not the invalid user ids. */
+
+ if (isempty(u))
+ return false;
+
+ if (valid_user_group_name(u))
+ return true;
+
+ return parse_uid(u, NULL) >= 0;
+}
+
+bool valid_gecos(const char *d) {
+
+ if (!d)
+ return false;
+
+ if (!utf8_is_valid(d))
+ return false;
+
+ if (string_has_cc(d, NULL))
+ return false;
+
+ /* Colons are used as field separators, and hence not OK */
+ if (strchr(d, ':'))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool valid_home(const char *p) {
+
+ if (isempty(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!utf8_is_valid(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (string_has_cc(p, NULL))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!path_is_absolute(p))
+ return false;
+
+ if (!path_is_safe(p))
+ return false;
+
+ /* Colons are used as field separators, and hence not OK */
+ if (strchr(p, ':'))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}