Questions tagged [getpwnam]
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Ansible - failed to lookup user
How can I solve problem with run ansible role below? If a user doesn't exist on the remote server, ansible gets me the error "Failed to lookup user test1: 'getpwnam(): name not found: test1". I need manage multiple users on multiple servers.…
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Weird behavior of getpwnam
#include
#include
#include
int main(void)
{
printf("%s %s\n", getpwnam("steve")->pw_name, getpwnam("root")->pw_name);
printf("%d %d\n", getpwnam("steve")->pw_uid, getpwnam("root")->pw_uid);
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Steve Lau
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getpwnam on Ubuntu behaves differently if compiled in 32-bit
I'm setting up a ZABBIX agent (written in C) on a couple of Ubuntu 64-bit servers. I usually compile everything in 32-bit unless I specifically need 64-bit (such as database servers.) The servers in question will be hosting virtual servers and…
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how to do getpwnam/getpwuid etc in tcl
does tcl have a standard way of doing NSS lookups (getpwnam, setpwent,...)
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Create a function to get a username using a try and catch method in C++
I'm trying to create a function to get a username using a try and catch method in C++. Unfortunately this code doesn't work, and my application closes when it tries to run.
QString UserInfo::getFullUserName()
{
DBG_ENTERFUNC(getFullUserName);
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user5040767
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list of uids / names of System Preferences > Accounts
How can I obtain an array with uid and names?
I could iterate from 0 to 99999 and do a getpwnam().
However most machines have less than 5 accounts, so it's not optimal. I don't know what framework is responsible for this and thus I have no clue…
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Safe way to use the result of getpwnam()/getpwuid()?
I'm working on Linux and FreeBSD. When I use getpwnam() or getpwuid(), I get a pointer to a passwd struct. What's the safe way to use the char* members of that passwd struct?
The man page says this struct is a static object but will be overwritten…
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Does getpwnam respect /etc/nsswitch.conf?
Does getpwnam respect /etc/nsswitch.conf?
The manpage for getpwnam states
The getpwnam() function returns a pointer to a structure containing the broken-out
fields of the record
in the password database (e.g., the local password file…
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Why is getpwnam() always returning root information in a function?
I wrote a simple program that calls getpwnam() on a username, passes that username to a function, and then calls getpwnam() again. For some reason, I always get the passwd information for root inside the function.
#include
#include…
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Unable to start server after Jupyterhub upgrade to 0.8.1
I have recently upgraded jupyterhub from 0.7 to 0.8.1. After upgrade, i have upgraded the sqllite database as well as mentioned in the upgrade documents. I'm able to start the jupyterhub service but after login, i'm unable to start the server with…
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User in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
Attempting to set up Samba + OpenLDAP using nss_ldap.
After joining Windows7 to Samba stand alone PDC, I can not login with a domain account unless that account is also added to the /etc/passwd file.
I get: user in passdb, but getpwnam()…
Eric
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Perl getpwnam fails in sub
So i'm trying to use getpwnam() to search etc/passwd for a username in a sub, and return true if it exists. I keep getting the error "Use of uninitialized value in getpwnam".
sub nameSearch
{
$search = $_;
@name = getpwnam($search);
if ( ! defined…
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How to return "You have been logged in!" knowing a password but not UserID?
I have a basic Linux authentication program compiled, but I do not understand what it requires to return "You have been logged in!". I know a password entry, but not the associate UID.
#include
#include
#include…
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