Get group information by name or ID in Golang

PACKAGE DOCUMENTATION

package group import "group"

Package group allows group account lookups by name or id.

TYPES

type Group struct {
    Name    string
    Gid     int
    Members []string
}

Group represents a group account and includes a list of member usernames.

func Current() (*Group, error)

Current returns the curreng group information (from getgid())

func Lookup(groupname string) (*Group, error)

Lookup returns the group information for a specific group name. If the group cannot be found, the error UnknownGroupError is returned.

func LookupId(gid int) (*Group, error)

LookupId returns the group information for a specific GID. If the group cannot be found, the error UnknownGroupIdError is returned.

type UnknownGroupError string

UnknownGroupError is returned by Lookup when a group name cannot be found.

func (e UnknownGroupError) Error() string

type UnknownGroupIdError int

UnknownGroupIdError is returned by LookupId when a group ID cannot be found.

func (e UnknownGroupIdError) Error() string