A combination of user-id and group-id, with a very low-level interface to the get/set/e/uid/gid functions. More...

#include <gidentity.h>

Public Member Functions
	Identity (const std::string &login_name)
	Constructor for the named identity. More...

bool	isRoot () const
	Returns true if the userid is zero.

std::string	str () const
	Returns a string representation.

void	setRealUser (bool do_throw=true)
	Sets the real userid.

void	setEffectiveUser (bool do_throw=true)
	Sets the effective userid.

void	setEffectiveUser (SignalSafe)
	Sets the effective userid. More...

void	setRealGroup (bool do_throw=true)
	Sets the real group id.

void	setEffectiveGroup (bool do_throw=true)
	Sets the effective group id.

void	setEffectiveGroup (SignalSafe)
	Sets the effective group id. More...

bool	operator== (const Identity &) const
	Comparison operator.

bool	operator!= (const Identity &) const
	Comparison operator.

Static Public Member Functions
static Identity	effective ()
	Returns the current effective identity.

static Identity	real ()
	Returns the calling process's real identity.

static Identity	root ()
	Returns the superuser identity.

static Identity	invalid ()
	Returns an invalid identity.

static Identity	invalid (SignalSafe)
	Returns an invalid identity, with a signal-safe guarantee. More...

Detailed Description

A combination of user-id and group-id, with a very low-level interface to the get/set/e/uid/gid functions.

Uses getpwnam() to do username lookups.

Definition at line 42 of file gidentity.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

G::Identity::Identity ( const std::string & login_name )

explicit

Constructor for the named identity.

Throws if NoSuchUser.

Definition at line 46 of file gidentity_unix.cpp.

G::Identity G::Identity::invalid ( SignalSafe safe )

static

Returns an invalid identity, with a signal-safe guarantee.

Definition at line 112 of file gidentity_unix.cpp.

void G::Identity::setEffectiveGroup ( SignalSafe )

Sets the effective group id.

A signal-safe, reentrant overload.

Definition at line 167 of file gidentity_unix.cpp.

void G::Identity::setEffectiveUser ( SignalSafe )

Sets the effective userid.

A signal-safe, reentrant overload.

Definition at line 147 of file gidentity_unix.cpp.

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