From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 11:10:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ADBE16A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C3843D5C for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3EBAHRG054883 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j3EBAH33054882; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200504141110.j3EBAH33054882@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Julien Gabel Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B859516A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:08:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.thilelli.net (smtp.thilelli.net [213.41.129.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A0F43D45 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:08:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jgabel@thilelli.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADAD7303B for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bento.thilelli.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bento.thilelli.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 73297-01 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from titeuf.thilelli.net (titeuf.thilelli.net [192.168.1.18]) by bento.thilelli.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6077300B for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: by titeuf.thilelli.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CE75073020; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20050414110840.CE75073020@titeuf.thilelli.net> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Julien Gabel To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: misc/79903: Request to add a new tool: getent(1). X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Julien Gabel List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:10:17 -0000 >Number: 79903 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Request to add a new tool: getent(1). >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 14 11:10:16 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julien Gabel >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD titeuf.thilelli.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Wed Apr 13 06:07:41 CEST 2005 root@titeuf.thilelli.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TITEUF i386 >Description: When available, i think that getent(1) is a very valuable little tool which permits to retrieve information from administrative database, using /etc/nsswitch.conf as lookup configuration file. Some information can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getent&manpath=SunOS+5.9 http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?getent++NetBSD-current And the NetBSD implementation: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/getent/ >How-To-Repeat: n.a. >Fix: n.a. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: