user

Documentation

Overview

Package user allows user account lookups by name or id.

Index

• type UnknownUserError
  • func (e UnknownUserError) String() string
• type UnknownUserIdError
  • func (e UnknownUserIdError) String() string
• type User
  • func Lookup(username string) (*User, os.Error)
  • func LookupId(uid int) (*User, os.Error)

Types

type UnknownUserError

type UnknownUserError string

UnknownUserError is returned by Lookup when a user cannot be found.

func (UnknownUserError) String

func (e UnknownUserError) String() string

type UnknownUserIdError

type UnknownUserIdError int

UnknownUserIdError is returned by LookupId when a user cannot be found.

func (UnknownUserIdError) String

func (e UnknownUserIdError) String() string

type User

type User struct {
	Uid      int // user id
	Gid      int // primary group id
	Username string
	Name     string
	HomeDir  string
}

User represents a user account.

func Lookup

func Lookup(username string) (*User, os.Error)

Lookup looks up a user by username. If the user cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownUserError.

func LookupId

func LookupId(uid int) (*User, os.Error)

LookupId looks up a user by userid. If the user cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownUserIdError.