UserUtil Class Reference

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#include <userutil.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static gid_t	gidFromName (const QString &name)
	Look up the numeric GID for a group name.
static uid_t	uidFromName (const QString &name)
	Look up the numeric UID for a user name.
static QString	nameFromGid (gid_t gid)
	Return the group name for a numeric GID.
static QString	nameFromUid (uid_t uid)
	Return the user name for a numeric UID.
static uid_t	currentUser ()
	Return the UID of the process owner.
static QString	currentUserFullName ()
	Return the full (display) name of the process owner.
static bool	isUserMemberOfGroup (uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
	Test whether a user is a member of a group.
static QString	currentUserName ()
	Return the login name of the current user (cross-platform).

Detailed Description

UserUtil.

Some static helper methods for Linux users / groups

Stephen Punak, July 08 2019

Static helper methods for querying Unix user and group information.

POSIX-only methods are guarded by #ifndef __WIN32 and are unavailable on Windows.

Definition at line 24 of file userutil.h.

Member Function Documentation

currentUser()

static uid_t UserUtil::currentUser ( )

static

Return the UID of the process owner.

Returns

UID of the currently running process

currentUserFullName()

static QString UserUtil::currentUserFullName ( )

static

Return the full (display) name of the process owner.

Returns

GECOS full name string, or empty string on error

currentUserName()

static QString UserUtil::currentUserName ( )

static

Return the login name of the current user (cross-platform).

Returns

User name string

gidFromName()

static gid_t UserUtil::gidFromName ( const QString &  name )

static

Look up the numeric GID for a group name.

Parameters

name	Group name string

Returns

Group ID, or (gid_t)-1 if not found

isUserMemberOfGroup()

static bool UserUtil::isUserMemberOfGroup ( uid_t  uid, gid_t  gid  )

static

Test whether a user is a member of a group.

Parameters

uid	User ID to check
gid	Group ID to check membership in

Returns

true if the user is a member of the group

nameFromGid()

static QString UserUtil::nameFromGid ( gid_t  gid )

static

Return the group name for a numeric GID.

Parameters

gid	Group ID to look up

Returns

Group name string, or empty string if not found

nameFromUid()

static QString UserUtil::nameFromUid ( uid_t  uid )

static

Return the user name for a numeric UID.

Parameters

uid	User ID to look up

Returns

User name string, or empty string if not found

uidFromName()

static uid_t UserUtil::uidFromName ( const QString &  name )

static

Look up the numeric UID for a user name.

Parameters

name	User name string

Returns

User ID, or (uid_t)-1 if not found

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/Kanoop/userutil.h