Credentials

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Creation methods:

• public Credentials ()
  Creates a new Credentials object with credentials matching the the current process.

Methods:

• public void* get_native (CredentialsType native_type)
  Gets a pointer to native credentials of type native_type from credentials.
• public uint get_unix_user () throws Error
  Tries to get the UNIX user identifier from credentials. This method is only available on UNIX platforms.
• public bool is_same_user (Credentials other_credentials) throws Error
  Checks if credentials and other_credentials is the same user.
• public void set_native (CredentialsType native_type, void* native)
  Copies the native credentials of type native_type from native into credentials.
• public bool set_unix_user (uint uid) throws Error
  Tries to set the UNIX user identifier on credentials. This method is only available on UNIX platforms.
• public unowned string to_string ()
  Creates a human-readable textual representation of credentials that can be used in logging and debug messages. The format of the returned string may change in future GLib release.