BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils Namespace Reference

Facade encapsulating OS specific user functionality. More...

Typedefs
typedef uid_t	UserID
Functions
String	getEffectiveUserId ()
	Get the effective user id.
String	getCurrentUserName ()
String	getUserName (UserID uid, bool &success)
	If the username is invalid, or if getUserName() fails for any other reason, 'success' will be set to false.
UserID	getUserId (const String &userName, bool &validUserName)
	Convert a textual username into a platform native user type.
Variables
Mutex	g_getpwMutex
const UserID	INVALID_USERID = ~0

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Detailed Description

Facade encapsulating OS specific user functionality.

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Typedef Documentation

typedef uid_t BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::UserID

Definition at line 51 of file UserUtils.hpp.

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Function Documentation

String BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::getCurrentUserName

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)

Definition at line 79 of file UserUtils.cpp.

References getUserName().

String BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::getEffectiveUserId

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)

Get the effective user id.

On POSIX platforms this calls geteuid().

Definition at line 64 of file UserUtils.cpp.

UserID BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::getUserId	(	const String &	userName,
		bool &	validUserName
	)

Convert a textual username into a platform native user type.

Parameters:

	userName	The user name to convert.
	validUserName	Out param set to true if the conversion was successful, false otherwise.

Returns:

The user id corresponding to userName.

Definition at line 148 of file UserUtils.cpp.

References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(), g_getpwMutex, and INVALID_USERID.

String BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::getUserName	(	UserID	uid,
		bool &	success
	)

If the username is invalid, or if getUserName() fails for any other reason, 'success' will be set to false.

On success, 'success' is set to true.

Definition at line 95 of file UserUtils.cpp.

References g_getpwMutex, and name.

Referenced by getCurrentUserName().

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Variable Documentation

Mutex BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::g_getpwMutex [static]

Definition at line 91 of file UserUtils.cpp.

Referenced by getUserId(), and getUserName().

const UserID BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::UserUtils::INVALID_USERID = ~0

Definition at line 52 of file UserUtils.hpp.

Referenced by getUserId().

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