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| -rw-r--r-- | source3/lib/substitute.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/substitute.c b/source3/lib/substitute.c index ee342964d0..5dec980810 100644 --- a/source3/lib/substitute.c +++ b/source3/lib/substitute.c @@ -494,6 +494,13 @@ char *alloc_sub_basic(const char *smb_name, const char *str) struct passwd *pass; const char *local_machine_name = get_local_machine_name(); + /* workaround to prevent a crash while lookinf at bug #687 */ + + if ( !str ) { + DEBUG(0,("alloc_sub_basic: NULL source string! This should not happen\n")); + return NULL; + } + a_string = strdup(str); if (a_string == NULL) { DEBUG(0, ("alloc_sub_specified: Out of memory!\n")); |