X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?p=nsscash%2Fnsscash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=group.go;h=0ad86711431d068ff0922ceace8c39cdba01a1a0;hp=7cc084187d15f613d140f251eef5cfdfea0d4751;hb=13b90749eb1b3547bbfbb47fe142cb96a17234b5;hpb=d7eb5ee1a910303f38904e604aea9cf0b1372d7b

diff --git a/group.go b/group.go
index 7cc0841..0ad8671 100644
--- a/group.go
+++ b/group.go
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ type Group struct {
 	Gid     uint64
 	Members []string
 }
+
+// Go does not support slices in map keys; therefore, use this separate struct
 type GroupKey struct {
 	Name    string
 	Passwd  string
 	Gid     uint64
-	Members string
+	Members string // "," separated
 }
 
 func toKey(g Group) GroupKey {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ func toKey(g Group) GroupKey {
 }
 
 // ParseGroups parses a file in the format of /etc/group and returns all
-// entries as Group structs.
+// entries as slice of Group structs.
 func ParseGroups(r io.Reader) ([]Group, error) {
 	var res []Group
 
@@ -112,10 +114,7 @@ func SerializeGroup(g Group) []byte {
 	offPasswd := uint16(data.Len())
 	data.Write([]byte(g.Passwd))
 	data.WriteByte(0)
-	// Padding to align the following uint16
-	if data.Len()%2 != 0 {
-		data.WriteByte(0)
-	}
+	alignBufferTo(&data, 2) // align the following uint16
 	offMemOff := uint16(data.Len())
 	// Offsets for group members
 	offMem := offMemOff + 2*uint16(len(mems_off))
@@ -152,12 +151,7 @@ func SerializeGroup(g Group) []byte {
 	res.Write(data.Bytes())
 	// We must pad each entry so that all uint64 at the beginning of the
 	// struct are 8 byte aligned
-	l := res.Len()
-	if l%8 != 0 {
-		for i := 0; i < 8-l%8; i++ {
-			res.WriteByte(0)
-		}
-	}
+	alignBufferTo(&res, 8)
 
 	return res.Bytes()
 }