x2gobroker.nameservices.libnss_nameservice module

class x2gobroker.nameservices.libnss_nameservice.X2GoBrokerNameService[source]

Bases: x2gobroker.nameservices.base_nameservice.X2GoBrokerNameService

get_group_members(group, primary_groups=False)[source]

Retrieve a list of POSIX users being members of a given POSIX group.

Optionally, primary group memberships can be considered (or not).

Parameters
  • group (str) – name of the group to retrieve members of

  • primary_groups (bool) – take primary group membership into consideration or not

Returns

list of users that are members of the given group

Return type

list

get_groups()[source]

Retrieve list of groups from the POSIX nameservices system.

Returns

list of known group names

Return type

list

get_primary_group(username)[source]

Get the primary group of a given POSIX user.

Parameters

username (str) – name of the user to get the primary group for

Returns

name of the primary group of the given user

Return type

str

get_users()[source]

Retrieve list of users from the POSIX nameservices system.

Returns

list of known user names

Return type

list