Re: username list?

[Matt Hyclak <hyclak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:13:08PM -0400, Stephen Harris enlightened us:
> > 'getent passwd' should be portable across any account storage accessible
> > through pam. 
> 
> You said the magic word that makes things infinitely more complicated
> ("PAM") and that renders your answer incorrect.  "getent" uses naming
> services (nsswitch.conf).  PAM doesn't.  An account visible via getent
> may not be valid on a box.

Yes, I should have said nss, not pam. Thanks for correcting that. That ought
to teach me to answer questions late at night :-)

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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