Re: su command not working within request script

From: Dragan Cvetkovic (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 03/17/05

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    Oscar del Rio <delrio@mie.utoronto.ca> writes:

    > Shekar wrote:
    >
    >> I would like to know if I am thinking on right lines. I would also like
    >> to know if there is an alternate method to determine user's shell by
    >> root.
    >
    > getent passwd username | cut -d: -f7

    But beware of accounts with no shell. E.g.

    % grep nobody4 /etc/passwd
    nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
    % getent passwd nobody4 | cut -d: -f7

    %

    Dragan 

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