usrstatus

Documentation

Overview

usrstatus provides utility functions for querying several aspects of Unix users and groups, especially as pertains to monitoring.

Index

• func UserInGroup(username, groupname string) (bool, error)
• type Group
  • func Groups() (groups []Group, err error)

Functions

func UserInGroup

func UserInGroup(username, groupname string) (bool, error)

UserInGroup asks whether or not the given user is a part of the given group.

Types

type Group

type Group struct {
	Name  string
	ID    int
	Users []string
}

Group is a struct that contains all relevant information that can be parsed from an entry in /etc/group, namely the group's name, integer ID, and which users are a part of it.

func Groups

func Groups() (groups []Group, err error)

Groups returns a slice of Group structs, parsed from /etc/group.