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(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(gid string) (*Group, error)
LookupGroupId looks up a group by groupid. If the group cannot be found, the returned error is of type UnknownGroupIdError.
UnknownGroupError is returned by LookupGroup when a group cannot be found.
type UnknownGroupError string
func (e UnknownGroupError) Error() string
UnknownGroupIdError is returned by LookupGroupId when a group cannot be found.
type UnknownGroupIdError string
func (e UnknownGroupIdError) Error() string
UnknownUserError is returned by Lookup when a user cannot be found.
type UnknownUserError string
func (e UnknownUserError) Error() string
UnknownUserIdError is returned by LookupId when a user cannot be found.
type UnknownUserIdError int
func (e UnknownUserIdError) Error() string
User represents a user account.
On POSIX systems Uid and Gid contain a decimal number representing uid and gid. On windows Uid and Gid contain security identifier (SID) in a string format. On Plan 9, Uid, Gid, Username, and Name will be the contents of /dev/user.
type User struct {
Uid string // user ID
Gid string // primary group ID
Username string
Name string
HomeDir string
}
func Current() (*User, error)
Current returns the current user.
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(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 (u *User) GroupIds() ([]string, error)
GroupIds returns the list of group IDs that the user is a member of.