osuser

Documentation

Overview

Package osuser implements OS user lookup. It's a wrapper around os/user that works on non-cgo builds.

Index

• func LookupByUID(uid string) (*user.User, error)
• func LookupByUIDWithShell(uid string) (u *user.User, shell string, err error)
• func LookupByUsername(username string) (*user.User, error)
• func LookupByUsernameWithShell(username string) (u *user.User, shell string, err error)

Functions

func LookupByUID

func LookupByUID(uid string) (*user.User, error)

LookupByUID is like os/user.LookupId but handles a few edge cases like gokrazy and non-cgo lookups.

func LookupByUIDWithShell

func LookupByUIDWithShell(uid string) (u *user.User, shell string, err error)

LookupByUIDWithShell is like os/user.LookupId but handles a few edge cases like gokrazy and non-cgo lookups, and returns the user shell. The user shell lookup is best-effort and may be empty.

func LookupByUsername

func LookupByUsername(username string) (*user.User, error)

LookupByUsername is like os/user.Lookup but handles a few edge cases like gokrazy and non-cgo lookups.

func LookupByUsernameWithShell

func LookupByUsernameWithShell(username string) (u *user.User, shell string, err error)

LookupByUsernameWithShell is like os/user.Lookup but handles a few edge cases like gokrazy and non-cgo lookups, and returns the user shell. The user shell lookup is best-effort and may be empty.