[issue4261] The pwd module doesn't distinguish between errors and no user

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

You're right. getpwnam() and getpwuid() have to check errno. A 
different error should be raised, something like:
   RuntimeError("getpwnam(%s) failure: %s" % (name, strerror(errno)))

The grp should also be affected.

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nosy: +haypo

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