Uni/Passwd#

Interface to the passwd struct from <pwd.h>.

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To use declarations from this page, include the <essence/uni/passwd.hpp> header.

class uni::password#

Wrapper for the Unix passwd C struct.

password::password()#: Constructor which queries the process invoker’s user id.

password::password(uid_t i)#: Constructor accepting a user id.

password::password(const std::string &pname)#: Constructor accepting a username.

uid_t uid() const noexcept#: Get the user id.

gid_t gid() const noexcept#: Get the group id.

std::string name() const#: Get the user’s username.

std::string pass() const#: Get the user password, typically x, as the real password is often handled by shadow.

std::string gecos() const#: Get the gecos (AKA the comment or real name) of the entry.

std::filesystem::path directory() const#: Get the directory of the entry.

std::string shell() const#: Get the entry’s shell.

std::string str() const#: Get a string representation of the passwd, in the format returned by getent