package user
import "os/user"
Package user allows user account lookups by name or id.
Index ¶
- type UnknownUserError
- type UnknownUserIdError
- type User
- func Current() (*User, error)
- func Lookup(username string) (*User, error)
- func LookupId(uid string) (*User, error)
- Bugs
Types ¶
type UnknownUserError ¶
type UnknownUserError string
UnknownUserError is returned by Lookup when a user cannot be found.
func (UnknownUserError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownUserError) Error() string
type UnknownUserIdError ¶
type UnknownUserIdError int
UnknownUserIdError is returned by LookupId when a user cannot be found.
func (UnknownUserIdError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownUserIdError) Error() string
type User ¶
type User struct { Uid string // user id Gid string // primary group id Username string Name string HomeDir string }
User represents a user account.
On posix systems Uid and Gid contain a decimal number representing uid and gid. On windows Uid and Gid contain security identifier (SID) in a string format. On Plan 9, Uid, Gid, Username, and Name will be the contents of /dev/user.
func Current ¶
Current returns the current user.
func Lookup ¶
Lookup looks up a user by username. If the user cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownUserError.
func LookupId ¶
LookupId looks up a user by userid. If the user cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownUserIdError.
Bugs ¶
☞ Lookup and LookupId functions do not set Gid and HomeDir fields in the User struct returned on windows.
Source Files ¶
lookup.go lookup_windows.go user.go
- Version
- v1.6.2
- Published
- Apr 19, 2016
- Platform
- windows/amd64
- Imports
- 4 packages
- Last checked
- 32 seconds ago –
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