cloudinit/system/user.go

// Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
//
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package system

import (
	"os/exec"
	"strings"

	"github.com/coreos/coreos-cloudinit/config"
)

func UserHome(name string) (string, error) {
	output, err := exec.Command("getent", "passwd", name).CombinedOutput()
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	passwd := strings.Split(string(output), ":")
	return passwd[5], nil
}

func UserExists(u *config.User) bool {
	return exec.Command("getent", "passwd", u.Name).Run() == nil
}