From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IbonO-0001wQ-Nw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:44:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8U2YZG2029835; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:34:35 GMT Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.174]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8U2UCjR024361 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:30:12 GMT Received: from [85.180.41.32] (helo=simpsons.bs.loc) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML21M-1IboZQ2zLW-0006Uj; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:30:12 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.22] (helo=bart.simpsons.bs.loc) by homer.simpsons.bs.loc with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IboZQ-0005eT-02 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:30:12 +0200 Received: from bsch by bart.simpsons.bs.loc with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IboZP-00020m-St for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:30:11 +0200 Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:30:11 +0200 From: Bertram Scharpf To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Users in passwd/shadow Message-ID: <20070930023011.GA17059@bart.simpsons.bs.loc> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19PFWsnxYn1cfoCPRvyftEtXHSXUyLUmuf08xm OMJTKg92uTlPAaQQ/tIb5DPY0esGQ4CGxzwN5CgErKOgUjXZYp WyrrXrqvjLiR484R8drS9p4MQv0XoJC0ljYBwfWzcI= X-Archives-Salt: 57aa6ba9-dc25-4d01-9099-181ee8101c5e X-Archives-Hash: 0e57521f74de65b35d851633d17244dd Hi, I'm fetching the users from the files '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/shadow'. (I use a simple Ruby script.) def users fn ; File.open fn do |f| f.map { |l| l[ /^[^:]*/] } end ; end pw = users "/etc/passwd" sh = users "/etc/shadow" Now I detect there are users in passwd that don't have a shadow entry and even shadowed users that don't appear in passwd: > pw - sh => ["man", "smmsp", "portage", "cvs"] > sh - pw => ["games", "guest", "cvsd"] Does this have any meaning or is it a bug? Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list