On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 12:55:51PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Zorro noticed that on systems using nss-altfiles, some tests failed when
> trying to parse /etc/passwd directly. The "getent" command does the
> right thing in this case, so let's use it as long as it's available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Hahah, you're so fast:) This's similar with what I'm doing, so it's good to me.
Reviewed-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@xxxxxxxxxx>
I tend to use getent too, if anyone has any better idea, please feel free to
share.
Thanks,
Zorro
>
> diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
> index 6592c835..50312331 100644
> --- a/common/rc
> +++ b/common/rc
> @@ -2621,7 +2621,11 @@ _yp_active()
> _cat_passwd()
> {
> [ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat passwd
> - cat /etc/passwd
> + if type getent &>/dev/null; then
> + getent passwd
> + else
> + cat /etc/passwd
> + fi
> }
>
> # cat the group file
> @@ -2629,7 +2633,11 @@ _cat_passwd()
> _cat_group()
> {
> [ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat group
> - cat /etc/group
> + if type getent &>/dev/null; then
> + getent group
> + else
> + cat /etc/group
> + fi
> }
>
> # check if a user exists in the system
>
>
