LnxUser PHP Class Reference

Introduction

Linux user and group management in PHP.

Basically this library a php interface of useradd, groupadd, usermod, groupmod, userdel, groupdel, mkpasswd linux commands. You can manage easily the linux users and groups with this library from a php apllication.

Requirements

• Of course this library can work just linux environment.
• The running user of php environment must has root privileges for manage the users and groups.
• Must enable the shell_exec function.
• This library should use the mkpasswd linux command, you have to install it if necessary.
• Tested on Ubuntu with PHP 7.0 - 8.1 versions.

Features

• Create a linux user or a group.
• Get all information about a linux user or a group.
• Set all attributes of a linux user or a group.
• Delete a linux user or a group.
• Examine if exists a linux user or a group.
• Authenticate a linux user.
• Generate password hash.

Constants

Value	Constant	Description	Note
md5	LNX_PH_MD5 (string)	MD5-based crypt
sha-256	LNX_PH_SHA256 (string)	SHA-256-based crypt
sha-512	LNX_PH_SHA512 (string)	SHA-512-based crypt

Methods

• lnxUser::existsUser
• lnxUser::existsGroup
• lnxUser::getUser
• lnxUser::getGroup
• lnxUser::addUser
• lnxUser::addGroup
• lnxUser::modifyUser
• lnxUser::modifyGroup
• lnxUser::deleteUser
• lnxUser::deleteGroup
• lnxUser::authUser
• lnxUser::isMember
• lnxUser::getPassHash

Source

https://github.com/moszat/lnxUser