X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Futils.c;h=bd61fff3d52ad8c6c16d68b0ca9e195009225018;hp=7006a21581ea91f952c7d7dbe57a1095d467979e;hb=e6887944f09a8985efb521ea638b4dfe557ff4ed;hpb=6f1105342bcca0c5ba8177ae134c197c19ba215f

diff --git a/src/common/utils.c b/src/common/utils.c
index 7006a2158..bd61fff3d 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.c
+++ b/src/common/utils.c
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ int utils_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode, int uid, int gid)
 	int ret;
 	struct lttng_directory_handle *handle;
 	const struct lttng_credentials creds = {
-		.uid = (uid_t) uid,
-		.gid = (gid_t) gid,
+		.uid = LTTNG_OPTIONAL_INIT_VALUE(uid),
+		.gid = LTTNG_OPTIONAL_INIT_VALUE(gid),
 	};
 
 	handle = lttng_directory_handle_create(NULL);
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ int utils_mkdir_recursive(const char *path, mode_t mode, int uid, int gid)
 	int ret;
 	struct lttng_directory_handle *handle;
 	const struct lttng_credentials creds = {
-		.uid = (uid_t) uid,
-		.gid = (gid_t) gid,
+		.uid = LTTNG_OPTIONAL_INIT_VALUE(uid),
+		.gid = LTTNG_OPTIONAL_INIT_VALUE(gid),
 	};
 
 	handle = lttng_directory_handle_create(NULL);
@@ -1274,8 +1274,14 @@ int utils_get_group_id(const char *name, bool warn, gid_t *gid)
 		}
 	}
 	if (ret) {
-		PERROR("Failed to get group file entry for group name \"%s\"",
-				name);
+		if (ret == ESRCH) {
+			DBG("Could not find group file entry for group name '%s'",
+					name);
+		} else {
+			PERROR("Failed to get group file entry for group name '%s'",
+					name);
+		}
+
 		ret = -1;
 		goto error;
 	}