[lsb-discuss] getent

[Wichmann, Mats D]

lsb-discuss-bounces at lists.linux-foundation.org wrote:
> (please cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed)
> Hi lsb-discuss,
> 
> Has getent(1) been considered for the LSB? I want to be able to check
> things about a user (like the shell they are using) and id(1) isn't
> enough and grepping /etc/passwd fails for cases like LDAP. (or maybe
> there is some other way using existing LSB interfaces to get this info
> that I'm not thinking of). 


yes, it has, no it's not in.  It doesn't have a bug of its own, but
is prominently mentioned in bug 1047 and comes up again in 2566.