You can use the getent command
$ getent passwd
That will return all local users as well as users from NIS or LDAP
if nsswitch.conf is configured for those.
Jamie
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Lee W wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Does anyone know of a way of getting a list of all the users on a system
> though PAM.
>
> I know that I could just list the /etc/passwd file but I'm trying to write
> something that is more generic and will also work for NIS or LDAP (etc)
> lookups. I suppose it is probably unlikely to be there as it is probably a
> security risk.
>
> I need to globally update the password aging settings (which I can do though
> chage/passwd) on existing accounts.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
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