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Unlike getent, this does not work if the system uses LDAP.

choroba
– choroba

2012-04-17 08:51:04 +00:00
Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 8:51
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this doesn't work either if NIS is used or whatever other distributed authentication protocol.

jlliagre
– jlliagre

2012-04-18 01:25:55 +00:00
Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 1:25
@choroba : if he had a specific requirement for LDAP or NIS, he probably would have mentioned it. My solution works on typical linux setups.

laebshade
– laebshade

2012-04-18 02:55:41 +00:00
Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 2:55
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downvote beacause it's not reliable (it could match either the user or group).

Franklin Piat
– Franklin Piat

2016-12-29 10:36:53 +00:00
Commented Dec 29, 2016 at 10:36

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