pub struct Passwd {
    pub name: String,
    pub passwd: Option<String>,
    pub uid: u32,
    pub gid: u32,
    pub gecos: Option<String>,
    pub dir: String,
    pub shell: String,
}
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The main struct for the library, a safe version of the POSIX struct passwd

There are 2 ways to construct a Passwd instance (other than assigning fields by hand). You can look up a user account by username with Passwd::from_name(String), or by uid with Passwd::from_uid(u32).

There is a shortcut function, Passwd::current_user(), which is just short for Passwd::from_uid(unsafe { libc::getuid() } as u32).

Fields

name: Stringpasswd: Option<String>uid: u32gid: u32gecos: Option<String>dir: Stringshell: String

Implementations

Looks up the username and returns a Passwd with the user’s values, if the user is found

This is Result<Option<>> because the operation to convert a rust String to a cstring could fail

Example
use pwd::Passwd;

let pwd = Passwd::from_name("bob")?;

if let Some(passwd) = pwd {
    println!("uid is {}", passwd.uid);
}

Looks up the uid and returns a Passwd with the user’s values, if the user is found

Example
use libc::getuid;
use pwd::Passwd;

let uid = unsafe { getuid() };
let pwd = Passwd::from_uid(uid as u32);

if let Some(passwd) = pwd {
    println!("username is {}", passwd.name);
}

Shortcut for Passwd::from_uid(libc::getuid() as u32), so see the docs for that constructor

Example
use pwd::Passwd;

let pwd = Passwd::current_user();

if let Some(passwd) = pwd {
    println!("username is {}", passwd.name);
}

Returns an iterator over all entries in the /etc/passwd file

Example
use pwd::Passwd;

let passwds = Passwd::iter();

for passwd in passwds {
    println!("username is {}", passwd.name);
}

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