List of users from command line

[Matthew Carpenter]

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Bunch o' show-offs  :)


Brad De Vries wrote:
| On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:30:55 -0500, David Bandel
<david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
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|>On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:20:15 -0500, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com>
wrote:
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|>># getent passwd
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|>if you only want user accounts, and they're all between 500-999:
|>getent passwd | cut -f1,3 -d: - | grep [5-9].. - | cut -f1 -d: -
|>add -v to the grep to get system accounts
|>
|>likewise, if your user accounts are 1000+ use:
|>getent passwd | cut -f1,3 -d: - | grep [1-9]... - | cut -f1 -d: -
|>
|>The above can be refined even more, but that should give you the idea.
|>
|>There are similar tricks to get lists of those with null passwords, etc.
|>
|>
|>>This should work for virtually any form of authentication you use.  This
|>>has been tested and proven with compat, LDAP and Winbind
|>>Chong Yu Meng wrote:
|>>| Hi All,
|>>|
|>>| Another elementary question for the gurus on this list :
|>>|
|>>| I need to get a list of user accounts on a server, and though I know I
|>>| can probably do it using webmin or graphical tools, I am specifically
|>>| looking for a command that will do this for me. Can someone help?
|>>|
|>>| Thanks in Advance !
|>
|>Ciao,
|>
|>David A. Bandel
|>--
|>Focus on the dream, not the competition.
|>            - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto
|
|
| Or, if you like awk, you could use:
| getent passwd | awk -F: '{if (($3 >= 500) && ($3 <= 999)) {print $1}}'
|
| This will provide the user name only.  If you'd like to see the real
| name as well (with a tab separator,) change the print command to
| {print $1,"\t",$5}
|
| Brad.
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