Arc::User Class Reference

Platform independent representation of system user. More...

#include <arc/User.h>

Public Member Functions
	User ()
	Construct user from current process owner.
	User (const std::string &name, const std::string &group="")
	Construct user from username and optional group name. More...
	User (int uid, int gid=-1)
	Construct user from uid and optional gid. More...
	operator bool () const
	Returns true if this is a valid user.
bool	operator! () const
	Returns true is this is not a valid user.
const std::string &	Name (void) const
	Returns the name of this user.
const std::string &	Home (void) const
	Returns the path to the user's home directory.
int	get_uid (void) const
	Returns the user's uid.
int	get_gid (void) const
	Returns the user's gid.
bool	operator== (const std::string &n)
	Returns true if this User's name is the same as n.
int	check_file_access (const std::string &path, int flags) const
	Check if this User has the rights specified by flags on the given path. More...
bool	SwitchUser () const
	Change the owner of the current process. More...

Detailed Description

Platform independent representation of system user.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Arc::User::User	(	const std::string &	name,
		const std::string &	group = ""
	)

Construct user from username and optional group name.

If group is not specified it is determined automatically.

Arc::User::User	(	int	uid,
		int	gid = -1
	)

Construct user from uid and optional gid.

If gid is not specified it is determined automatically.

Member Function Documentation

int Arc::User::check_file_access	(	const std::string &	path,
		int	flags
	)		const

Check if this User has the rights specified by flags on the given path.

Returns

0 if User has the rights

bool Arc::User::SwitchUser

(

)

const

Change the owner of the current process.

Internally this method calls setuid() and setgid() with this User's values. It can be used in the initializer of Arc::Run to switch the owner of a child process just after fork(). To temporarily change the owner of a thread in a multi-threaded environment UserSwitch should be used instead.

Returns

true if switch succeeded.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• User.h