utils

func CanControl ¶

func CanControl(username string) bool

check if the current user can do "something" with the selected component

just check if running as root or if a username is specified in the config that the current user matches.

this does not however change the user to match anything, so starting a process still requires a seteuid type change

func GetIDs ¶

func GetIDs(username string) (uid, gid int, gids []int, err error)

func IsSuperuser ¶

func IsSuperuser() bool

func ReadPasswordFile ¶

func ReadPasswordFile(path string) string

func ReadPasswordPrompt ¶

func ReadPasswordPrompt() string

func SetUser ¶

func SetUser(cmd *exec.Cmd, username string) (err error)

set-up the Cmd to set uid, gid and groups of the username given Note: does not change stdout etc. which is done later