is_user
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 12 July 2021
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NAME
is_user - check if command is started by a certain user
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/is_user
[
-h
]
is_user
[
-n
][
-s scriptname
]
-u user_list
is_user
[
-s scriptname
]
-u user_list
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
evaluate if the user that started the command
matches to one username specified by the
-u
option. This command is used to limit a script
execution to supported users only.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
print usage message.
- -n
-
no message output, if the username
of the user starting the command where the
is_user
command is running is not listed in the
user_list.
- -s scriptname
-
scriptname to print in the message output. In a
script this setting is normally set to
$0.
- -u user_list
-
comma separated list of
usernames
that are allowed to run the command.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
User is in user-list list.
- 2
-
User is not in user-list (command start not permitted).
- 4
-
usage printed.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
- 1) check if user is fred or barney
-
is_user -s $0 -u fred,barney || exit $?
- 2) check if user is root or admin*:
-
is_user -s $0 -u root,admin* || exit $?
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
id(1),
is_osid(3)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
is_user was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2021
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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