FBB::User(3bobcat)
NAME
FBB::User - Provides the /etc/passwd info of the current user
SYNOPSIS
#include <bobcat/user>
Linking option: -lbobcat
DESCRIPTION
This class retrieves the information of the current user from the
information in /etc/passwd. The class is a simple wrapper class around
the getpwent(3) function.
NAMESPACE
FBB
All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in
this man-page, are defined in the namespace FBB.
INHERITS FROM
CONSTRUCTORS
- o User():
- The default constructor determines the current user's data. This constructor throws an Errno exception if it did not properly complete because the current user name could not be found in /etc/passwd. The copy constructor is available.
MEMBER FUNCTIONS
- o size_t groupid() const:
- Returns the user's group-id.
- o std::string homedir() const:
- Returns the user's home directory (including a trailing /).
- o std::string name() const:
- Returns the user's user-name.
- o std::string password() const:
- Returns the user's encrypted password. But see also the BUGS section.
- o std::string realname() const:
- Returns the user's real name, as listed in the /etc/passwd's gecos field.
- o std::string shell() const:
- Returns the user's shell.
- o size_t userid() const:
- Returns the user's user-id.
- o void verify() const:
- Obsoleted, will be removed in a future Bobcat release.
EXAMPLE
#include <bobcat/user>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
using namespace FBB;
- int main()
{ - User user;
user.verify(); - cout << "\n"
"name : " << user.name() << "\n" <<
"password : " << user.password() << "\n" <<
"user id : " << user.userid() << "\n" <<
"group id : " << user.groupid() << "\n" <<
"real name : " << user.realname() << "\n" <<
"home dir : " << user.homedir() << "\n" <<
"shell : " << user.shell() << "\n" << endl; - return 0;
- }
FILES
bobcat/user - defines the class interface
SEE ALSO
BUGS
If the user is a member of multiple groups, only the group id listed in /etc/passwd is returned by groupid().
If shadow passwording is used, the string returned by password() will
probably not contain the encrypted password.
DISTRIBUTION FILES
o bobcat_2.08.01-x.dsc: detached signature;
o bobcat_2.08.01-x.tar.gz: source archive;
o bobcat_2.08.01-x_i386.changes: change log;
- o libbobcat1_2.08.01-x_*.deb: debian package holding the
- libraries;
- o libbobcat1-dev_2.08.01-x_*.deb: debian package holding the
- libraries, headers and manual pages;
- o http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;
BOBCAT
Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken's Own Base Classes And Templates'.
COPYRIGHT
This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL).
AUTHOR
- Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).