Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:35:57 -0600 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD File System, please help Message-ID: <200701090836.03608.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <45a353a8.0BHW%2BIfRuDsamdPK%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <2cd0a0da0701080629k274d8ac2h97addec1391e4932@mail.gmail.com> <200701081245.11217.kirk@strauser.com> <45a353a8.0BHW%2BIfRuDsamdPK%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tuesday 09 January 2007 2:34 am, you wrote:
> No idea. There is no manpage for getent on my (6.1) system, so
> I don't know what it might do.
Maybe it's new (to FreeBSD) as per 6.2. Anyway:
=2D----------------------
SYNOPSIS
getent database [key ...]
DESCRIPTION
The getent program retrieves and displays entries from the=20
administrative
database specified by database, using the lookup order specified in
nsswitch.conf(5). The display format for a given database is as per=20
the
``traditional'' file format for that database.
=2D----------------------
Example:
$ getent passwd
root:*:0:0:System Administrator:/root:/usr/local/bin/zsh
rootcsh:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
daemon:*:1:1:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin
operator:*:2:5:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:*:3:7:Binaries Commands and Source:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
This has the huge benefit of fully supporting nsswitch, so the same command=
=20
fetches *all* of your accounts, including those in NIS/YP and LDAP.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser
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