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+// Copyright 2011 The Go 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 user allows user account lookups by name or id.
+package user
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// User represents a user account.
+type User struct {
+	Uid      int // user id
+	Gid      int // primary group id
+	Username string
+	Name     string
+	HomeDir  string
+}
+
+// UnknownUserIdError is returned by LookupId when
+// a user cannot be found.
+type UnknownUserIdError int
+
+func (e UnknownUserIdError) String() string {
+	return "user: unknown userid " + strconv.Itoa(int(e))
+}
+
+// UnknownUserError is returned by Lookup when
+// a user cannot be found.
+type UnknownUserError string
+
+func (e UnknownUserError) String() string {
+	return "user: unknown user " + string(e)
+}