Mike MacCana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> What's the proper way to query the passwd and group database on a Unix
> host?
Use the pwd and grp modules, respectively.
> ## Get the full group database entry, leave just the user list,
> ## and split the list on comma
> groupname=users
> groupsusers = commands.getoutput('getent group
> '+groupname).split(':',-1)[3].split(',')
Instead, do this:
import grp
groupname = 'users'
groupusers = grp.getgrnam(groupname)[3]
print 'The group named "users" contains:'
for username in groupusers:
print username
The functions from the grp and pwd modules return tuples. The docs describe
their formats.
Hope this helps,
-- Chris
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