Method

GioCredentialsget_unix_user

since: 2.26

Declaration [src]

uid_t
g_credentials_get_unix_user (
  GCredentials* credentials
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Tries to get the UNIX user identifier from credentials. This method is only available on UNIX platforms.

This operation can fail if GCredentials is not supported on the OS or if the native credentials type does not contain information about the UNIX user.

As the signedness of uid_t is not specified by POSIX, it is recommended to check error for failure rather than trying to check the return value, particularly in language bindings.

Available since: 2.26

Return value

Type: uid_t

The UNIX user identifier or (uid_t) -1 if error is set.