--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/misc/lookup_baseuser.cc	Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100
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+// Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "lookup.h"
+#include "pwentry.h"
+#include "pwentry_table.h"
+
+bool lookup_baseuser(mystring fulluser, pwentry* &pw, mystring& virtname)
+{
+  pwentry_table pwtable;
+  if(!pwtable)
+    return false;
+  for(size_t i = fulluser.length(); i > 0; ) {
+    mystring base = fulluser.left(i);
+    pw = pwtable[base.lower()];
+    if(pw) {
+      virtname = fulluser.right(i+1);
+      return true;
+    }
+    for(--i; i > 0 && fulluser[i] != '-'; i--) ;
+  }
+  return false;
+}