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<pwd.h> binding for node.
var fs = require('fs');
var pwd = require('pwd2');
var stat = fs.statSync(path);
var passwd = pwd.getpwuid(stat.uid);
console.log('the username for "' + path + '" is: ' + passwd.pw_name);
Installation
$ npm install pwd2 --save
Features
There is two available functions:
- getpwuid(uid)
var passwd = pwd.getpwuid(0);
- getpwnam(name)
var passwd = pwd.getpwnam('root');
These functions obtain information from opendirectoryd(8), including records in /etc/master.passwd which is described in master.passwd(5). Each entry in the database is defined by the structure passwd found in the include file <pwd.h>:
{
pw_name, /* user name */
pw_passwd, /* encrypted password - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
pw_uid, /* user uid */
pw_gid, /* user gid */
pw_change, /* password change time - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
pw_class, /* user access class - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
pw_gecos, /* Honeywell login info - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
pw_dir, /* home directory */
pw_shell, /* default shell */
pw_expire, /* account expiration - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
pw_fields /* internal: fields filled in - NOT SUPPORTED IN V1.0.0 */
}
More Information
$ man 3 getpwuid
License
MIT