get_unix_user


Description:

public uid_t get_unix_user () throws Error

Tries to get the UNIX user identifier from this.

This method is only available on UNIX platforms.

This operation can fail if Credentials is not supported on the OS or if the native credentials type does not contain information about the UNIX user.

Parameters:

this

A Credentials

Returns:

The UNIX user identifier or `-1` if throws is set.