Internal API Reference - Entity Management
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Entity management

Entity management — Entity management

  

Synopsis



struct passwd*      kit_getpwnam                        (const char *username);
struct passwd*      kit_getpwuid                        (uid_t uid);

Description

Functions used for entity management.

 

Details

kit_getpwnam ()

struct passwd*      kit_getpwnam                        (const char *username);

Like getpwnam(3) from the standard C library but tweaked for unit testing. TODO: explain how.

 

username :

 user name to look up

Returns :

 See getpwnam(3)

kit_getpwuid ()

struct passwd*      kit_getpwuid                        (uid_t uid);

Like getpwuid(3) from the standard C library but tweaked for unit testing. TODO: explain how.

 

uid :

 uid to look up

Returns :

 See getpwuid(3)