Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:08:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Julien Gabel <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/79903: Request to add a new tool: getent(1). Message-ID: <20050414110840.CE75073020@titeuf.thilelli.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200504141110.j3EBAH33054882@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 79903 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Request to add a new tool: getent(1). >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 14 11:10:16 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julien Gabel >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD titeuf.thilelli.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Wed Apr 13 06:07:41 CEST 2005 root@titeuf.thilelli.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TITEUF i386 >Description: When available, i think that getent(1) is a very valuable little tool which permits to retrieve information from administrative database, using /etc/nsswitch.conf as lookup configuration file. Some information can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getent&manpath=SunOS+5.9 http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?getent++NetBSD-current And the NetBSD implementation: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/getent/ >How-To-Repeat: n.a. >Fix: n.a. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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