Python interface to the POSIX getent family of commands
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Python interface to the POSIX getent family of commands (getpwent, getgrent, getnetent, etc.)
Usage
Here a few examples.
Load the interface:
>>> import getent
Doing a passwd lookup:
>>> print dict(getent.passwd('root')) {'dir': '/root', 'gecos': 'root', 'gid': 0, 'name': 'root', 'password': 'x', 'shell': '/bin/bash', 'uid': 0}
Doing a group lookup:
>>> print dict(getent.group('root')) {'gid': 0, 'members': [], 'name': 'root', 'password': 'x'}
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