Os/user Package usage in Golang

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Os/user package allows user accounts to find users by user name or user ID

Type Unknownusererror

Type Unknownusererror string

Func (e unknownusererror) error () string//When a user cannot be found through lookup, the error is returned. Type Unknownuseriderror

Type Unknownuseriderror int

Func (e unknownuseriderror) error () string////returns the error when a user ID cannot be found through lookup.

Type User

Type user struct {Uid      string//User Idgid      string//Primary group Idusername string  Name     stringhomedir
  string      //Household Directory}

Func current () (*user, error)//Getting information about the user
Func lookup (Username string) (*user, error)//Find user information by user name
Func lookupid (UID string) (*user, error)//Find user information based on user ID.

Func main () {usr, err: = user. Current () if err! = Nil {fmt. PRINTLN (Err)}fmt. Println (usr. Gid) fmt. Println (usr. Homedir) fmt. Println (usr. Name) fmt. Println (usr. Uid) fmt. Println (usr. Username) usr, _ = user. Lookup ("root")//based on user name, find the users fmt. Println (usr) usr, err = user. LookupId ("1100")//Find user FMT based on UserID. Println (usr, err)}