FBB::User(3bobcat)                                             /etc/passwd user info                                            FBB::User(3bobcat)

NAME

       FBB::User - Provides the /etc/passwd info of the current user

SYNOPSIS

       #include <bobcat/user>
       Linking option: -lbobcat

DESCRIPTION

       This  class  retrieves  the information of the current user from the information in /etc/passwd. The class is a simple wrapper class around
       the getpwent(3) function.

NAMESPACE

       FBB
       All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are defined in the namespace FBB.

INHERITS FROM

       -

CONSTRUCTORS

       o      User():
              The default constructor determines the current user's data.  This constructor throws an Errno exception if it did not properly  com-
              plete because the current user name could not be found in /etc/passwd.  The copy and move constructors are available.

OVERLOADED OPERATORS

       The copy and move assignment operators are available.

MEMBER FUNCTIONS

       o      size_t groupid() const:
              Returns the user's group-id.

       o      std::string homedir() const:
              Returns the user's home directory (including a trailing /).

       o      std::string name() const:
              Returns the user's user-name.

       o      std::string password() const:
              Returns the user's encrypted password. But see also the BUGS section.

       o      std::string realname() const:
              Returns the user's real name, as listed in the /etc/passwd's gecos field.

       o      std::string shell() const:
              Returns the user's shell.

       o      size_t userid() const:
              Returns the user's user-id.

       o      void verify() const:
              Obsoleted, will be removed in a future Bobcat release.

EXAMPLE

       #include <bobcat/user>
       #include <iostream>

       using namespace std;
       using namespace FBB;

       int main()
       {
           User  user;
           user.verify();

           cout << "
"
               "name       : " << user.name()      << "
" <<
               "password   : " << user.password()  << "
" <<
               "user id    : " << user.userid()    << "
" <<
               "group id   : " << user.groupid()   << "
" <<
               "real name  : " << user.realname()  << "
" <<
               "home dir   : " << user.homedir()   << "
" <<
               "shell      : " << user.shell()     << "
" << endl;

           return 0;
       }

FILES

       bobcat/user - defines the class interface

SEE ALSO

       bobcat(7), getpwent(3)

BUGS

       If the user is a member of multiple groups, only the group id listed in /etc/passwd is returned by groupid().

       If shadow passwording is used, the string returned by password() will probably not contain the encrypted password.

DISTRIBUTION FILES

       o      bobcat_3.01.00-x.dsc: detached signature;

       o      bobcat_3.01.00-x.tar.gz: source archive;

       o      bobcat_3.01.00-x_i386.changes: change log;

       o      libbobcat1_3.01.00-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;

       o      libbobcat1-dev_3.01.00-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries, headers and manual pages;

       o      http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;

BOBCAT

       Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken's Own Base Classes And Templates'.

COPYRIGHT

       This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).

libbobcat1-dev_3.01.00-x.tar.gz                                      2005-2012                                                  FBB::User(3bobcat)