--- a/ChangeLog	Tue Nov 05 21:55:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Wed Nov 06 04:12:18 1996 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Tue Nov  5 12:32:30 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* configure.in: Add checks for geteuid, getuid.
+
 	* configure.in: Comment out code to handle --enable-readline since
 	it doesn't work yet.
 

--- a/configure.in	Tue Nov 05 21:55:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Wed Nov 06 04:12:18 1996 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.225 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.227 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.9)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 READLINE_DIR=readline
 USE_READLINE=true
 LIBREADLINE=-lreadline
-dnlAC_ARG_ENABLE(readline,
+dnl AC_ARG_ENABLE(readline,
 dnl  [  --enable-readline       use readline library (default is yes)],
 dnl  [if test "$enableval" = no; then
 dnl     USE_READLINE=false;
@@ -696,13 +696,13 @@
 ### Checks for functions and variables.
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(atexit bcopy bzero dup2 endpwent execvp fcntl fork \
-	       getcwd gethostname getpgrp getpid getppid getpwent \
-	       getpwnam getpwuid lstat memmove mkdir mkfifo on_exit \
-	       pipe putenv rename rindex rmdir setpwent setvbuf \
-	       sigaction sigpending sigprocmask sigsuspend stat \
-	       strcasecmp strdup strerror stricmp strncasecmp \
-	       strnicmp tempnam umask unlink vfprintf vsprintf \
-	       waitpid)
+	       getcwd geteuid gethostname getpgrp getpid getppid \
+	       getpwent getpwnam getpwuid getuid lstat memmove mkdir \
+	       mkfifo on_exit pipe putenv rename rindex rmdir \
+	       setpwent setvbuf sigaction sigpending sigprocmask \
+	       sigsuspend stat strcasecmp strdup strerror stricmp \
+	       strncasecmp strnicmp tempnam umask unlink vfprintf \
+	       vsprintf waitpid)
 
 OCTAVE_SMART_PUTENV
 OCTAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME

--- a/src/ChangeLog	Tue Nov 05 21:55:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Wed Nov 06 04:12:18 1996 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Tue Nov  5 13:00:35 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* syscalls.cc (Fgeteuid, Fgetuid): New functions.
+
+	* getpwent.cc: Use gripe_not_supported from gripes.cc, instead of
+	local gripe_not_implemented function.
+
 	* input.cc, sysdep.cc, variables.cc: Only include readline.h and
 	history.h if USE_READLINE is defined.
 

--- a/src/getpwent.cc	Tue Nov 05 21:55:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/getpwent.cc	Wed Nov 06 04:12:18 1996 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "defun-dld.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "gripes.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "oct-map.h"
 #include "ov.h"
@@ -69,16 +70,6 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
-#if ! (defined (HAVE_GETPWENT) || defined (HAVE_GETPWUID) \
-       || defined (HAVE_GETPWNAM) || defined (HAVE_SETPWENT) \
-       || defined (HAVE_ENDPWENT))
-static void
-gripe_not_implemented (const char *nm)
-{
-  error ("%s: not implemented on this system", nm);
-}
-#endif
-
 DEFUN_DLD (getpwent, , ,
  "getpwent ()\n\
 \n\
@@ -87,9 +78,14 @@
   octave_value retval;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETPWENT
-  retval = mk_pw_map (getpwent ());
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    retval = mk_pw_map (getpwent ());
+  else
+    print_usage ("getpwent");
 #else
-  gripe_not_implemented ("getpwent");
+  gripe_not_supported ("getpwent");
 #endif
 
   return retval;
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@
   else
     print_usage ("getpwuid");
 #else
-  gripe_not_implemented ("getpwuid");
+  gripe_not_supported ("getpwuid");
 #endif
 
   return retval;
@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@
   else
     print_usage ("getpwnam");
 #else
-  gripe_not_implemented ("getpwnam");
+  gripe_not_supported ("getpwnam");
 #endif
 
   return retval;
@@ -164,9 +160,14 @@
   octave_value retval;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETPWENT
-  setpwent ();
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    setpwent ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("setpwent");
 #else
-  gripe_not_implemented ("setpwent");
+  gripe_not_supported ("setpwent");
 #endif
 
   return retval;
@@ -180,9 +181,14 @@
   octave_value retval;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ENDPWENT
-  endpwent ();
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    endpwent ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("endpwent");
 #else
-  gripe_not_implemented ("endpwent");
+  gripe_not_supported ("endpwent");
 #endif
 
   return retval;

--- a/src/syscalls.cc	Tue Nov 05 21:55:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/syscalls.cc	Wed Nov 06 04:12:18 1996 +0000
@@ -309,6 +309,40 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+DEFUN (geteuid, , ,
+  "uid = geteuid (): return the effective user id of the current process")
+{
+  double retval = -1.0;
+
+#if defined (HAVE_GETEUID)
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    retval = geteuid ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("geteuid");
+#else
+  gripe_not_supported ("geteuid");
+#endif
+}
+
+DEFUN (getuid, , ,
+  "uid = getuid (): return the real user id of the current process")
+{
+  double retval = -1.0;
+
+#if defined (HAVE_GETUID)
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    retval = getuid ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("getuid");
+#else
+  gripe_not_supported ("getuid");
+#endif
+}
+
 DEFUN (lstat, args, ,
   "[S, ERR, MSG] = lstat (NAME)\n\
 \n\