Method: Process::UID#from_name

Defined in:
process.c

#Process::UID.from_name(name) ⇒ Object (private)

Get the user ID by the name. If the user is not found, ArgumentError will be raised.

Process::UID.from_name("root") #=> 0
Process::UID.from_name("nosuchuser") #=> can't find user for nosuchuser (ArgumentError)



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# File 'process.c', line 6095

static VALUE
p_uid_from_name(VALUE self, VALUE id)
{
    return UIDT2NUM(OBJ2UID(id));
}