- /* Check whether a group is given. */
- cp = index (name, ':');
- if (cp == NULL)
- cp = index (name, '.');
- if (cp != NULL)
+ /* Set U and G to non-zero length strings corresponding to user and
+ group specifiers or to NULL. */
+ u = (*spec == '\0' ? NULL : spec);
+
+ g = (separator == NULL || *(separator + 1) == '\0'
+ ? NULL
+ : separator + 1);
+
+ if (u == NULL && g == NULL)
+ return "can not omit both user and group";
+
+#ifdef __DJGPP__
+ /* Pretend that we are the user U whose group is G. This makes
+ pwd and grp functions ``know'' about the UID and GID of these. */
+ if (u && !is_number (u))
+ setenv ("USER", u, 1);
+ if (g && !is_number (g))
+ setenv ("GROUP", g, 1);
+#endif
+
+ if (u != NULL)