--- cracklib,2.7/cracklib/fascist.c	Tue Oct  2 15:58:43 2001
+++ cracklib,2.7/cracklib/fascist.c	Tue Oct  2 16:06:44 2001
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "packer.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -488,13 +490,35 @@
     int wc;
     char *ptr;
     int gwords;
-    struct passwd *pwp;
+    struct passwd *pwp, passwd;
     char gbuffer[STRINGSIZE];
     char tbuffer[STRINGSIZE];
+    char *sbuffer;
+    size_t sbufferlen;
     char *uwords[STRINGSIZE];
     char longbuffer[STRINGSIZE * 2];
 
-    if (!(pwp = getpwuid(uid)))
+    sbuffer = malloc(sbufferlen = LINE_MAX);
+    if (sbuffer == NULL)
+    {
+        return ("memory allocation error");
+    }
+    while ((i = getpwuid_r(uid, &passwd, sbuffer, sbufferlen, &pwp)) != 0)
+    {
+        if (i == ERANGE)
+        {
+            free(sbuffer);
+            sbuffer = malloc(sbufferlen += LINE_MAX);
+            if (sbuffer == NULL)
+            {
+                return ("memory allocation error");
+            }
+        } else {
+            pwp = NULL;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (pwp == NULL)
     {
 	return ("you are not registered in the password file");
     }