1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/tcpudp.c b/networking/tcpudp.c
index 29408c5be..d6731198c 100644
--- a/networking/tcpudp.c
+++ b/networking/tcpudp.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ int tcpudpsvd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (max_per_host > cmax)
                 max_per_host = cmax;
         if (option_mask32 & OPT_u) {
-                if (!get_uidgid(&ugid, user, 1))
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown user/group: %s", user);
+                xget_uidgid(&ugid, user);
         }
 #ifdef SSLSVD
         if (option_mask32 & OPT_U) ssluser = optarg;
@@ -245,9 +244,9 @@ int tcpudpsvd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (option_mask32 & OPT_u)
                 if (!uidgid_get(&sslugid, ssluser, 1)) {
                         if (errno) {
-                                bb_perror_msg_and_die("fatal: cannot get user/group: %s", ssluser);
+                                bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't get user/group: %s", ssluser);
                         }
-                        bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown user/group '%s'", ssluser);
+                        bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown user/group %s", ssluser);
                 }
         if (!cert) cert = "./cert.pem";
         if (!key) key = cert;