package user import ( "errors" "syscall" ) var ( // The current operating system does not provide the required data for user lookups. ErrUnsupported = errors.New("user lookup: operating system does not provide passwd-formatted data") // No matching entries found in file. ErrNoPasswdEntries = errors.New("no matching entries in passwd file") ErrNoGroupEntries = errors.New("no matching entries in group file") ) func lookupUser(filter func(u User) bool) (User, error) { // Get operating system-specific passwd reader-closer. passwd, err := GetPasswd() if err != nil { return User{}, err } defer passwd.Close() // Get the users. users, err := ParsePasswdFilter(passwd, filter) if err != nil { return User{}, err } // No user entries found. if len(users) == 0 { return User{}, ErrNoPasswdEntries } // Assume the first entry is the "correct" one. return users[0], nil } // CurrentUser looks up the current user by their user id in /etc/passwd. If the // user cannot be found (or there is no /etc/passwd file on the filesystem), // then CurrentUser returns an error. func CurrentUser() (User, error) { return LookupUid(syscall.Getuid()) } // LookupUser looks up a user by their username in /etc/passwd. If the user // cannot be found (or there is no /etc/passwd file on the filesystem), then // LookupUser returns an error. func LookupUser(username string) (User, error) { return lookupUser(func(u User) bool { return u.Name == username }) } // LookupUid looks up a user by their user id in /etc/passwd. If the user cannot // be found (or there is no /etc/passwd file on the filesystem), then LookupId // returns an error. func LookupUid(uid int) (User, error) { return lookupUser(func(u User) bool { return u.Uid == uid }) } func lookupGroup(filter func(g Group) bool) (Group, error) { // Get operating system-specific group reader-closer. group, err := GetGroup() if err != nil { return Group{}, err } defer group.Close() // Get the users. groups, err := ParseGroupFilter(group, filter) if err != nil { return Group{}, err } // No user entries found. if len(groups) == 0 { return Group{}, ErrNoGroupEntries } // Assume the first entry is the "correct" one. return groups[0], nil } // CurrentGroup looks up the current user's group by their primary group id's // entry in /etc/passwd. If the group cannot be found (or there is no // /etc/group file on the filesystem), then CurrentGroup returns an error. func CurrentGroup() (Group, error) { return LookupGid(syscall.Getgid()) } // LookupGroup looks up a group by its name in /etc/group. If the group cannot // be found (or there is no /etc/group file on the filesystem), then LookupGroup // returns an error. func LookupGroup(groupname string) (Group, error) { return lookupGroup(func(g Group) bool { return g.Name == groupname }) } // LookupGid looks up a group by its group id in /etc/group. If the group cannot // be found (or there is no /etc/group file on the filesystem), then LookupGid // returns an error. func LookupGid(gid int) (Group, error) { return lookupGroup(func(g Group) bool { return g.Gid == gid }) }