pwd

Documentation

Overview

Package `pwd` wraps system password functions `getpwnam(3)` and `getpwuid()`. It was inspired by <https://github.com/Maki-Daisuke/go-pwd>.

Index

• type Passwd
  • func Getpwnam(name string) *Passwd
  • func Getpwuid(uid uint32) *Passwd

Types

type Passwd

type Passwd struct {
	Name   string
	Passwd string
	UID    uint32
	GID    uint32
	Gecos  string
	Dir    string
	Shell  string
}

`Passwd` is the Go type that corresponds to the C `struct passwd` defined in `pwd.h`; see man page `getpwnam(3)`.

func Getpwnam

func Getpwnam(name string) *Passwd

`Getpwnam()` calls `getpwnam(3)`.

func Getpwuid

func Getpwuid(uid uint32) *Passwd

`Getpwuid()` calls `getpwuid()`; see man page `getpwnam(3)`.