user

Documentation

Overview

user is extension of the standard os.user package which supports groups.

Index

• type User
  • func Current() (*User, error)
  • func Lookup(username string) (*User, error)
  • func LookupId(uid string) (*User, error)

Types

type User

type User struct {
	*user.User
	Groupname string
	// For convenience so users don't need to strconv themselves.
	UidNo int
	GidNo int
}

User represents a user account.

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.

func LookupId

func LookupId(uid string) (*User, error)

LookupId looks up a user by userid.