[fpc-pascal] Get user ID for name on Linux

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2018-01-03 00:12, Tobias Giesen wrote:
> Unfortunately Libc and UnixUtils don't seem to be available in 64-bit, so I can't call the
> functions getpwnam or GetUserId.

As Marco said, you can use the "users" unit. Here is an example of how I 
use in in fpGUI, and it supports 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

 
https://github.com/graemeg/fpGUI/blob/develop/src/corelib/x11/fpg_x11.pas#L4010-L4044

Note though that it only works for Linux. So other UNIX-type systems 
like FreeBSD and Solaris are not supported.


Regards,
   Graeme

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