--- server/misc.c~	Fri Jul 29 12:03:54 1994
+++ server/misc.c	Fri Jun 30 10:16:39 2000
@@ -788,12 +788,19 @@
 
     if (client->username && client->username[0]) {
       if (client->groupname && client->groupname[0]) {
+	if (strlen(DDUSER) + strlen(client->username) +
+	    strlen(DDGROUP) + strlen(client->groupname) +
+	    strlen(DDPATH) >= 256)
+	  return ( -1 );
 	sprintf(dichome, "%s/%s:%s/%s:%s",
 		DDUSER, client->username,
 		DDGROUP, client->groupname,
 		DDPATH);
       }
       else {
+	if (strlen(DDUSER) + strlen(client->username) +
+	    strlen(DDPATH) >= 256)
+	  return ( -1 );
 	sprintf(dichome, "%s/%s:%s",
 		DDUSER, client->username,
 		DDPATH);