Polkit.UnixUser¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37), Polkit.Identity (4)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` (uid)
class	`new_for_name` (name)
	`get_name` ()
	`get_uid` ()
	`set_uid` (uid)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7), Polkit.Identity (3)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`uid`	`int`	r/w/c	The UNIX user ID

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Class Details¶

class Polkit.UnixUser(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.Object, Polkit.Identity
Abstract:: No
Structure:: Polkit.UnixUserClass

An object representing a user identity on a UNIX system.

classmethod new(uid)¶

Parameters:: uid (int) – A UNIX user id.
Returns:: A Polkit.UnixUser object. Free with GObject.Object.unref().
Return type:: Polkit.Identity

Creates a new Polkit.UnixUser object for uid.

classmethod new_for_name(name)¶

Parameters:: name (str) – A UNIX user name.
Raises:: GLib.Error
Returns:: A Polkit.UnixUser object or None if error is set.
Return type:: Polkit.Identity or None

Creates a new Polkit.UnixUser object for a user with the user name name.

get_name()¶

Returns:: User name string or None if user uid not found.
Return type:: str or None

Get the user’s name.

get_uid()¶

Returns:: A UNIX user id.
Return type:: int

Gets the UNIX user id for self.

set_uid(uid)¶

Parameters:: uid (int) – A UNIX user id.

Sets uid for self.

Property Details¶

Polkit.UnixUser.props.uid¶

Name:: uid
Type:: int
Default Value:: -1
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The UNIX user id.