gecos

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go-gecos

Read the GECOS field on a Linunx machine. The GECOS field is the place in /etc/passwd (or other passwd-like entry, such as LDAP and friends) that stores the real-name (as exposed in os/user.User.Name), Room location, Office Phone, Home Phone, and "other".

These entries can be set or changed using the chfn(1) command.

Documentation

Index

• Variables
• type GECOS
  • func Lookup(user *user.User) (*GECOS, error)

Variables

var (
	NoGECOSEntry = fmt.Errorf("No GECOS Entry for this user")
)

Types

type GECOS

type GECOS struct {
	Name        string
	Room        string
	OfficePhone string
	HomePhone   string
	Other       string
}

func Lookup

func Lookup(user *user.User) (*GECOS, error)