lmn-client/roles/lmn_printer/files/linuxmusterLinuxclient7/localUserHelper.py
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import subprocess
from linuxmusterLinuxclient7 import logging
def getGroupsOfLocalUser(username):
"""
Get all groups of a local user
:param username: The username of the user
:type username: str
:return: Tuple (success, list of groups)
:rtype: tuple
"""
try:
groups = subprocess.check_output(["id", "-Gnz", username])
stringList=[x.decode('utf-8') for x in groups.split(b"\x00")]
return True, stringList
except Exception as e:
logging.warning("Exception when querying groups of user {}, it probaply does not exist".format(username))
return False, None