Function

GLib-2.0 ▶ GLib ▶ unix_get_passwd_entrySince 2.64

  • unix_get_passwd_entry(user_name: string): any

    Get the passwd file entry for the given user_name using getpwnam_r(). This can fail if the given user_name doesn’t exist.

    The returned struct passwd has been allocated using g_malloc() and should be freed using g_free(). The strings referenced by the returned struct are included in the same allocation, so are valid until the struct passwd is freed.

    This function is safe to call from multiple threads concurrently.

    You will need to include pwd.h to get the definition of struct passwd.

    Parameters

    • user_name: string

      the username to get the passwd file entry for

    Returns any

    passwd entry, or null on error; free the returned value with g_free()

    2.64