Getent
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getent is a Unix command that helps a user get entries in a number of important text files called databases. This includes the passwd and group databases which store user information – hence is a common way to look up user details on Unix. Since uses the same name service as the system, will show all information, including that gained from network information sources such as LDAP. The databases it searches in are: ahosts, ahostsv4, ahostsv6, aliases, ethers (Ethernet addresses), group, gshadow, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, and shadow. The general syntax is: getent database [key ...] Thorsten Kukuk wrote the getent utility for the GNU C Library.
getent is a Unix command that helps a user get entries in a number of important text files called databases. This includes the passwd and group databases which store user information – hence is a common way to look up user details on Unix. Since uses the same name service as the system, will show all information, including that gained from network information sources such as LDAP. The databases it searches in are: ahosts, ahostsv4, ahostsv6, aliases, ethers (Ethernet addresses), group, gshadow, hosts, netgroup, networks, passwd, protocols, rpc, services, and shadow. The general syntax is: getent database [key ...] Thorsten Kukuk wrote the getent utility for the GNU C Library. $ getent passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh Fetch details for a particular user called joe: $ getent passwd joe joe:x:1000:1000:Joe,,,:/home/joe:/bin/bash Fetch list of group accounts on a Unix system (stored in a database called 'group'): $ getent group root:x:0: daemon:x:1: bin:x:2: sys:x:3: adm:x:4:stefan tty:x:5: disk:x:6: lp:x:7: mail:x:8: ==External links== The getent manpage
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