Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:18:42 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reading passwd file with gdm Message-ID: <20030610171842.GA89639@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> In-Reply-To: <20030610130030.S39727@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20030610152735.GA71845@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <20030610130030.S39727@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:01:03PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> > I am trying to parse the master.passwd file during gdm logins to
> > see if the passwd has reached its expiration time. The following
> > command works on the command line and in a simple sh script that I
> > tested:
> >
> > CHANGE=`perl -e "print join(':', getpwnam ('$USER'));" | awk -F: '{print $5}'`
> >
> > However, it does not work when put into gdm/PreSession/Default.
> >
>
> Does anything get written to the aging file?
Yes, I had that in the original mail towards the bottom but here it is
again (time value updated of course):
TIME is 1055263524 CHANGE is EXPIRED is
The echo command in the script is:
echo TIME is $TIME CHANGE is $CHANGE EXPIRED is $EXPIRED > ~/aging
So the TIME variable is getting substituted via `date +%s` but the
CHANGE variable is not.
I verified that perl is found by putting a `which perl` in the script.
I am thinking that it must be an environment problem. By the way, I am
not committed to using perl here if there is another way to extract a
field from the master.passwd file.
Thanks.
P.S.
Joe, I hope you had a good vacation.
--
Glenn Johnson
USDA, ARS, SRRC Phone: (504) 286-4252
New Orleans, LA 70124 e-mail: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov
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