On 14/01/2008, Jonas Maebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Does anybody know if unix type OS's allow normal (general) users to
> > read those files from /etc?
>
> Yes, but they they do not necessarily contain any useful information.
> The actually used information may be on an ldap server, in a neti
On 14 Jan 2008, at 12:03, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
A quick work-around for me would be to read the /etc/groups and
/etc/passwd files looking for the Group ID or User ID and return the
associated names. I can parse and keep a copy of those files in
memory while the File Dialog is open - than wa
Am Montag, den 14.01.2008, 09:23 +0200 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys:
> The offending code is as follows...
>
> function GetGroupName(gid: integer): string;
> var
> p: PGroup;
> begin
> p := getgrgid(gid);
> if p <> nil then
> result := p^.gr_name;
> end;
>
> function GetUserName(uid: inte
Hi,
For now I wrapped the libc calls with $IFDEF LINUX and for other unix
variants I simply return the Group ID and User ID (instead of the more
friend names).
A quick work-around for me would be to read the /etc/groups and
/etc/passwd files looking for the Group ID or User ID and return the
asso
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> > Anybody know if there is a generic set of methods that supports all
> > (or most) unix style OS's? I looked in 'baseunix', but there the
> > group and name methods relate to a process id's, not to file
> > attributes...
>
> Baseunix and Unix s
> Anybody know if there is a generic set of methods that supports all
> (or most) unix style OS's? I looked in 'baseunix', but there the
> group and name methods relate to a process id's, not to file
> attributes...
Baseunix and Unix should be implementable without libc for maximal
portability. B
On 14/01/2008, Daniël Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anybody know if there is a generic set of methods that supports all
> > (or most) unix style OS's? I looked in 'baseunix', but there the
> > group and name methods relate to a process id's, not to file
> > attributes...
>
> You hit an a
Op Mon, 14 Jan 2008, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:
Hi,
As far as I understand the 'libc' unit is a compatibility unit from
the Kylix days and is only meant for linux/x86, so isn't portable.
I'm trying to get fpGUI working under FreeBSD but hit a snag in my
File Grid component. The File Grid com
Hi,
As far as I understand the 'libc' unit is a compatibility unit from
the Kylix days and is only meant for linux/x86, so isn't portable.
I'm trying to get fpGUI working under FreeBSD but hit a snag in my
File Grid component. The File Grid component displays a directory in a
grid (think File Dia
