# ESS_USERINFO_T, ESS_GROUPINFO_T

This structure stores information about a user or group. Some of the fields are specific to users and cannot be used for groups. The Access, Expiration, and PwdChgNow fields are the only fields in this structure that can be modified using the API. The fields are:

Note:
Refer also to the locale-specific extended User Info structure, ESS_USERINFOEX_T.

    typedef struct ESS_USERINFO_T
    {
       /* The items below are 4.X and above */
       ESS_USERNAME_T  Name;
       ESS_APPNAME_T   AppName;
       ESS_DBNAME_T    DbName;
       ESS_BOOL_T      Login;
       ESS_USHORT_T    Type;
       ESS_ACCESS_T    Access;
       ESS_ACCESS_T    MaxAccess;
       ESS_DATE_T      Expiration;
       ESS_TIME_T      LastLogin;
       ESS_TIME_T      DbConnectTime;
       ESS_USHORT_T    FailCount;
       ESS_LOGINID_T   LoginId;

       /* The items below are 5.X and above */
       ESS_DESC_T      Description;
       ESS_EMAIL_T     EMailID;
       ESS_BOOL_T      LockedOut;
       ESS_BOOL_T      PwdChgNow;

    } ESS_USERINFO_T, *ESS_PUSERINFO_T, **ESS_PPUSERINFO_T,
      ESS_GROUPINFO_T, *ESS_PGROUPINFO_T, **ESS_PPGROUPINFO_T;

Data Type | Field | Description
ESS_USERNAME_T | Name | User or group name
ESS_APPNAME_T | AppName | Name of currently connected application (if applicable)
ESS_DBNAME_T | DbName | Name of the currently connected database(if applicable)
ESS_BOOL_T | Login | Flag to indicate login status (users only)
ESS_USHORT_T | Type | Type of the structure (user or group). This field can contain the following values: ESS_TYPE_USER ESS_TYPE_GROUP
ESS_ACCESS_T | Access | User or group assigned default access privileges. Values: any combination of the following bit values: ESS_ACCESS_SUPER /* Supervisor, all bits set */ ESS_PRIV_APPCREATE /* App create/delete privilege */ ESS_PRIV_USERCREATE /* user create/delete privilege */
ESS_ACCESS_T | MaxAccess | User's maximum access privileges (users only, including individual access and access levels due to group membership.
ESS_DATE_T | Expiration | User's password expiration date.
ESS_TIME_T | LastLogin | Date of user's last successful login stated as Greenwich Mean Time (users only).
ESS_TIME_T | DbConnect Time | Local (server) time of database connection. Read-only. Cannot be set by EssSetUser.
ESS_USHORT_T | FailCount | Count of the failed login attempts since the last successful login (users only).
ESS_LOGINID_T | LoginId | The user login identification tag (users only) .
ESS_DESC_T | Description | User/group description.
ESS_EMAIL_T | EMailID | User/group email address.
ESS_BOOL_T | LockedOut | Flag that user is locked out.
ESS_BOOL_T | PwdChgNow | Flag that user must change password.