1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/util.c b/source3/lib/util.c
index 750ca0f3ab..698edac512 100644
--- a/source3/lib/util.c
+++ b/source3/lib/util.c
@@ -5017,6 +5017,25 @@ int unistrcpy(char *dst, char *src)
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************
+Create  a string of size size+1 (for the null)
+*******************************************************************/
+char *string_create_s(int size)
+{
+  char *tmp;
+
+  tmp = (char *)malloc(size+1);
+
+  if (tmp == NULL) {
+
+    DEBUG(0, ("Out of memory in string_create_s\n"));
+
+  }
+
+  return(tmp);
+
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************
 safe string copy into a known length string. maxlength does not
 include the terminating zero.
 ********************************************************************/