method

getpwuid

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: Etc

getpwuid(p1 = v1)

public

Returns the /etc/passwd information for the user with specified integer user id (uid).

The information is returned as a Struct::Passwd; see getpwent above for details.

e.g. * Etc.getpwuid(0) -> #<struct Struct::Passwd name=“root”, passwd=“x”, uid=0, gid=0, gecos=“root”,dir=“/root”, shell=“/bin/bash”>

static VALUE
etc_getpwuid(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
#if defined(HAVE_GETPWENT)
    VALUE id;
    uid_t uid;
    struct passwd *pwd;

    rb_secure(4);
    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &id) == 1) {
        uid = NUM2UIDT(id);
    }
    else {
        uid = getuid();
    }
    pwd = getpwuid(uid);
    if (pwd == 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "can't find user for %d", (int)uid);
    return setup_passwd(pwd);
#else 
    return Qnil;
#endif
}

getpwuid

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