+ if (uid)
+ *uid = p->pw_uid;
+
+ if (gid)
+ *gid = p->pw_gid;
+
+ if (home)
+ *home = p->pw_dir;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int get_group_creds(const char **groupname, gid_t *gid) {
+ struct group *g;
+ gid_t id;
+
+ assert(groupname);
+
+ /* We enforce some special rules for gid=0: in order to avoid
+ * NSS lookups for root we hardcode its data. */
+
+ if (streq(*groupname, "root") || streq(*groupname, "0")) {
+ *groupname = "root";
+
+ if (gid)
+ *gid = 0;
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (parse_gid(*groupname, &id) >= 0) {
+ errno = 0;
+ g = getgrgid(id);
+
+ if (g)
+ *groupname = g->gr_name;
+ } else {
+ errno = 0;
+ g = getgrnam(*groupname);
+ }
+
+ if (!g)
+ return errno != 0 ? -errno : -ESRCH;
+
+ if (gid)
+ *gid = g->gr_gid;
+