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+/* $Id: xstrdup.c,v 1.1.1.1 2001/04/29 04:17:12 hartmans Exp $ */
+
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <security/pam_misc.h>
+
+/*
+ * Safe duplication of character strings. "Paranoid"; don't leave
+ * evidence of old token around for later stack analysis.
+ */
+
+char *xstrdup(const char *x)
+{
+ register char *new=NULL;
+
+ if (x != NULL) {
+ register int i;
+
+ for (i=0; x[i]; ++i); /* length of string */
+ if ((new = malloc(++i)) == NULL) {
+ i = 0;
+ } else {
+ while (i-- > 0) {
+ new[i] = x[i];
+ }
+ }
+ x = NULL;
+ }
+
+ return new; /* return the duplicate or NULL on error */
+}