On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 09:20 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 10:14 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 08:44 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > > > > > A possible improvement I could see would be to change the tool to ask > > > pam if the user exists, as opposed to simply looking > > > > I guess you mean NSS > > > > > in /etc/passwd, /etc/group, as that would better cover network user > > > conflicts. > > > > If you don't already do it, you should _really_ do it and quickly. > > Checking /etc/passwd directly today is not acceptable IMO, NSS has been > > introduced exactly to decouple user querying from knowledge of the > > underlying db and mechanisms used. > > So... since I know pam but not NSS, is there a way to ask that question > (does a user/group exist) on the commandline with existing NSS tools? $ getent passwd spot spot:*:1234:4567:Tom (spot) Callaway:/home/spot:/bin/bash Simo. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
