Struct User 

pub struct User {
    pub name: String,
    pub fullname: String,
    pub homedir: String,
    pub shell: String,
    pub passwd: Option<String>,
    pub uid: c_uint,
    pub gid: c_uint,
}

User information struct

Fields

name: String

Username

fullname: String

Full name of the user

homedir: String

Home directory

shell: String

Path to the shell in use

passwd: Option<String>

User password. Can be equal to ‘x’ what means that, the password is stored in shadow. Check Shadow struct.

uid: c_uint

User ID

gid: c_uint

Group ID, which is created for that user

Implementations

impl User

pub fn new_from_uid(uid: c_uint) -> Result<Self>

Get user information by user ID

pub fn new_from_name(name: &str) -> Result<Self>

Get user information by it’s username

pub fn current_user() -> Result<Self>

Fetch information about current user