On 16.08.2011 16:57, smain kahlouch wrote:
Ok than you. You're right but it doesn't help me :
I replaced it :
>>> def finduser(user):
... if pwd.getpwnam(user):
... print user, "user exists"
... return True
... return False
...
>>> finduser('realuser')
realuser user exists
True
>>> finduser('blabla')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 2, in finduser
KeyError: 'getpwnam(): name not found: blabla'
Untested:
def finduser(name):
try:
return pwd.getpwnam(name)
except KeyError:
return None
if not finduser("myuser"):
print "creating user..."
else:
print "user already exists"
Has the advantage that finduser() returns the user details if needed.
(BTW: Please don't top-post)
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