Function u_interface::get_uid_from_uname

pub(crate) async fn get_uid_from_uname(
    uname: String
) -> Result<u32, ExitFailure>

Returns the user’s id number by searching using the stated username. This function is async, that means it has to be called inside an async function/method or using tokio::Runtime.block_on().

Arguments

• uname - A String that is the username of the user whose id we want to obtain

Examples

// Get the id of the user "LovetheFrogs"
let uid: u32 = get_uid_from_uname(String::from("LovetheFrogs")).await?;