user

Documentation

Index

• func Current() (*user.User, error)
• func HomeDir() (string, error)

Functions

func Current

func Current() (*user.User, error)

Current is a portable implementation to determine the current user. Golang's user.Current does not work reliably under docker or 32bit linux

Two issues this code handles :-

Docker Container - For static binaries NSS library will not be a part of the static binary hence user.Current() fails.
Linux Intel 32 bit - CGO is not enabled so it will not link with NSS library.

func HomeDir

func HomeDir() (string, error)

HomeDir - return current home directory.