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 Exception exception if it did not properly complete 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 eGroupid() const:
              Returns the user’s effective group-id.

       o      size_t eUserid() const:
              Returns the user’s effective user-id.

       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      bool inGroup(size_t gid, bool useEffective = true) const:
              Returns true if the current user is a member  of  group  gid,  otherwise  false  is
              returned.  The  user’s  effective  group  id  is  also  checked  if useEffective is
              specified as true (which is provided as default function argument).

       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.

EXAMPLE

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

       using namespace std;
       using namespace FBB;

       int main()
       {
           User  user;

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

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_4.08.02-x.dsc: detached signature;

       o      bobcat_4.08.02-x.tar.gz: source archive;

       o      bobcat_4.08.02-x_i386.changes: change log;

       o      libbobcat1_4.08.02-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;

       o      libbobcat1-dev_4.08.02-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).