From 2c82e2976c2f703b2d8f0fd2a98d87dafcbae006 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Hill <johill@lanl.gov>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 20:10:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] use empty host name if os query fails

---
 src/ca/posix_depen.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ca/posix_depen.c b/src/ca/posix_depen.c
index a72702b42..f8590a4f8 100644
--- a/src/ca/posix_depen.c
+++ b/src/ca/posix_depen.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ char *localUserName()
 	if(!pName){
 		pName = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_name;
 		if(!pName){
-			return NULL;
+			pName = "";
 		}
 	}