NAME

xt_get_user_name() - Get username of process owner

LIBRARY

#include <xtend/proc.h>
-lxtend

SYNOPSIS

char   *xt_get_user_name(char *user_name, size_t maxlen)

ARGUMENTS

user_name:  Character buffer to receive home directory path
maxlen:     Max characters to copy to dir, not including null byte

DESCRIPTION

xt_get_user_name() determines the user name of the process owner. The information is retrieved using a call to getpwuid(3), and copied to the argument "dir".

The name is stored in user_name up to maxlen characters. Note that up to maxlen characters are stored, not including the null terminator, hence the buffer should be at least maxlen+1 bytes long.

RETURN VALUES

A pointer to user_name, or NULL upon failure.

SEE ALSO

getuid(3), getpwuid(3)