1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
index 2abe7a7f3..dfe9b4948 100644
--- a/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
+++ b/libbb/my_getpwuid.c
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@
 
 
 /* gets a username given a uid */
-void my_getpwuid(char *name, long uid)
+char * my_getpwuid(char *name, long uid)
 {
         struct passwd *myuser;
 
         myuser  = getpwuid(uid);
-        if (myuser==NULL)
-                sprintf(name, "%-8ld ", (long)uid);
-        else
-                strcpy(name, myuser->pw_name);
+        if (myuser==NULL) {
+                sprintf(name, "%ld", (long)uid);
+                return NULL;
+        } else {
+                return strcpy(name, myuser->pw_name);
+        }
 }
 
 /* END CODE */