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type Group ¶
Group represents a grouping of users.
On POSIX systems Gid contains a decimal number representing the group ID.
type Group struct { Gid string // group ID Name string // group name }
func LookupGroup ¶
func LookupGroup(name string) (*Group, error)
LookupGroup looks up a group by name. If the group cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownGroupError.
func LookupGroupId ¶
func LookupGroupId(gid string) (*Group, error)
LookupGroupId looks up a group by groupid. If the group cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownGroupIdError.
type UnknownGroupError ¶
UnknownGroupError is returned by LookupGroup when a group cannot be found.
type UnknownGroupError string
func (UnknownGroupError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownGroupError) Error() string
type UnknownGroupIdError ¶
UnknownGroupIdError is returned by LookupGroupId when a group cannot be found.
type UnknownGroupIdError string
func (UnknownGroupIdError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownGroupIdError) Error() string
type UnknownUserError ¶
UnknownUserError is returned by Lookup when a user cannot be found.
type UnknownUserError string
func (UnknownUserError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownUserError) Error() string
type UnknownUserIdError ¶
UnknownUserIdError is returned by LookupId when a user cannot be found.
type UnknownUserIdError int
func (UnknownUserIdError) Error ¶
func (e UnknownUserIdError) Error() string
type User ¶
User represents a user account.
type User struct { // Uid is the user ID. // On POSIX systems, this is a decimal number representing the uid. // On Windows, this is a security identifier (SID) in a string format. // On Plan 9, this is the contents of /dev/user. Uid string // Gid is the primary group ID. // On POSIX systems, this is a decimal number representing the gid. // On Windows, this is a SID in a string format. // On Plan 9, this is the contents of /dev/user. Gid string // Username is the login name. Username string // Name is the user's real or display name. // It might be blank. // On POSIX systems, this is the first (or only) entry in the GECOS field // list. // On Windows, this is the user's display name. // On Plan 9, this is the contents of /dev/user. Name string // HomeDir is the path to the user's home directory (if they have one). HomeDir string }
func Current ¶
func Current() (*User, error)
Current returns the current user.
func Lookup ¶
func Lookup(username string) (*User, 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 string) (*User, error)
LookupId looks up a user by userid. If the user cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownUserIdError.
func (*User) GroupIds ¶
func (u *User) GroupIds() ([]string, error)
GroupIds returns the list of group IDs that the user is a member of.