CentOS - May 2005 - List of users on system

Hey All,

Does anyone know of a way of getting a list of all the users on a system 
though PAM.

I know that I could just list the /etc/passwd file but I'm trying to 
write something that is more generic and will also work for NIS or LDAP 
(etc) lookups.  I suppose it is probably unlikely to be there as it is 
probably a security risk.

I need to globally update the password aging settings (which I can do 
though chage/passwd) on existing accounts.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Lee

You can use the getent command

$ getent passwd

 	That will return all local users as well as users from NIS or LDAP 
if nsswitch.conf is configured for those.

 	Jamie

On Fri, 13 May 2005, Lee W wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Does anyone know of a way of getting a list of all the users on a system 
> though PAM.
>
> I know that I could just list the /etc/passwd file but I'm trying to
write
> something that is more generic and will also work for NIS or LDAP (etc) 
> lookups.  I suppose it is probably unlikely to be there as it is probably a
> security risk.
>
> I need to globally update the password aging settings (which I can do
though
> chage/passwd) on existing accounts.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
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