Return the numeric user identity of the calling process.
npm install @stdlib/process-getuid
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var getuid = require( '@stdlib/process-getuid' );
Returns the numeric user identity of the calling process.
var id = getuid();
- The function only returns an
integer
user identity on POSIX platforms. For all other platforms (e.g., Windows, browsers, and Android), the function returnsnull
. - See getuid(2).
var getuid = require( '@stdlib/process-getuid' );
var uid = getuid();
if ( uid === 0 ) {
console.log( 'Likely running as root.' );
} else {
console.log( 'uid: %d', uid );
}
@stdlib/process/getegid
: return the effective numeric group identity of a calling process.@stdlib/process/geteuid
: return the effective numeric user identity of a calling process.@stdlib/process/getgid
: return the numeric group identity of a calling process.
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