1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/platform.c b/platform.c
index a455472b3..3262b2478 100644
--- a/platform.c
+++ b/platform.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: platform.c,v 1.18 2011/01/11 06:02:25 djm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: platform.c,v 1.19 2013/03/12 00:31:05 dtucker Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Darren Tucker.  All rights reserved.
@@ -194,3 +194,19 @@ platform_krb5_get_principal_name(const char *pw_name)
         return NULL;
 #endif
 }
+
+/*
+ * return 1 if the specified uid is a uid that may own a system directory
+ * otherwise 0.
+ */
+int
+platform_sys_dir_uid(uid_t uid)
+{
+        if (uid == 0)
+                return 1;
+#ifdef PLATFORM_SYS_DIR_UID
+        if (uid == PLATFORM_SYS_DIR_UID)
+                return 1;
+#endif
+        return 0;
+}