On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 10:44 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > 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? > > Do these achieve the desired results? > > # getent passwd | cut -d: -f1 | grep -c <user> > > # getent group | cut -d: -f1 | grep -c <group> > > Fully nss-aware, pulls user and group stuff from nis, ldap, etc., as > well as local files. Awesome. fedora-uidgid-tools 0.2 uses getent now, so that issue is covered. Thanks, ~spot -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
