Package oshi.util

Class UserGroupInfo

java.lang.Object

oshi.util.UserGroupInfo

@ThreadSafe
public final class UserGroupInfo
extends Object

Utility class to temporarily cache the userID and group maps in *nix, for parsing process ownership. Cache expires after one minute.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getGroupName(String groupId)	Gets the group name for a given ID
static String	getUser(String userId)	Gets a user from their ID
static boolean	isElevated()	Determine whether the current process has elevated permissions such as sudo / Administrator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

isElevated

public static boolean isElevated()

Determine whether the current process has elevated permissions such as sudo / Administrator

Returns:

True if this process has elevated permissions

getUser

public static String getUser(String userId)

Gets a user from their ID

Parameters:

userId - a user ID

Returns:

a pair containing that user id as the first element and the user name as the second

getGroupName

public static String getGroupName(String groupId)

Gets the group name for a given ID

Parameters:

groupId - a String object.

Returns:

a String object.