OW_UserUtils.hpp

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#ifndef OW_USER_UTILS_HPP_INCLUDE_GUARD
#define OW_USER_UTILS_HPP_INCLUDE_GUARD

#include "OW_config.h"
#include "OW_String.hpp"

namespace OW_NAMESPACE
{
   namespace UserUtils
   {
#ifdef OW_WIN32
      typedef int UserID; // fixme
#else
      typedef uid_t UserID;
      const UserID INVALID_USERID = ~0;
#endif


      OW_COMMON_API String getEffectiveUserId();
      OW_COMMON_API String getCurrentUserName();
      OW_COMMON_API String getUserName(UserID uid, bool& success);

      OW_COMMON_API UserID getUserId(const String& userName, bool& validUserName);

   } // end namespace UserUtils
} // end namespace OW_NAMESPACE

#endif

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