tailscale/util/groupmember/groupmember.go

// Copyright (c) 2021 Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package groupmember verifies group membership of the provided user on the
// local system.
package groupmember

import (
	"os/user"
)

// IsMemberOfGroup reports whether the provided user is a member of
// the provided system group.
func IsMemberOfGroup(group, userName string) (bool, error) {
	u, err := user.Lookup(userName)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	ugids, err := u.GroupIds()
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	g, err := user.LookupGroup(group)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	for _, ugid := range ugids {
		if g.Gid == ugid {
			return true, nil
		}
	}
	return false, nil
}