Dennis Bagley wrote:
> Would someone remind me of some commands I'm spacing?
>
> How do you get a list of the groups that exist on a linux box?
$ awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/group
(iow, the first field in each line of the /etc/group file;
group(5) for details)
> How do you get a list of the groups associated with
> a particular user?
$ awk -F: '$4 ~ /username/ {print $1}' /etc/group
... or you could just use the groups(1) command: :)
For groups the current user is in:
$ groups
For groups that dbagley is in:
$ groups dbagley
Sorry. I was just in an awkard mood today.
AHAHAHA! *ahem*
Cheers, all!
Tim Hammerquist
--
All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...
-- Larry Wall
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