> > Tim Holmes wrote: > >>Tim Holmes wrote: > >> > >>>It appears, that since the users are being validated against the > > > > active > > > >>>directory, there are no entries for them in the passwd database. > > > > The > > > >>>getent passwd command returns no values > >>> > >>>Any other ideas? > >> > >>Are you including the domain name with the username, e.g. > >> > >>getent passwd 'DOMAIN\USER' | cut -d: -f3 > >> > >>Paul. > >> > > > > [Tim Holmes] > > > > Paul -- that fixed it -- thanks so much, one more if I could? > > > > Is there a way to just get a complete listing -- perhaps even > > printable?? > > > > thanks again > > Try this: > > getent passwd | awk -F: '{ printf "%-20s %5d %s\n", $1, $3, $5 }' | > LC_ALL=C sort +1 > > (that's all one line) > > Username, UID, Real Name in 3 columns > > Might not work if you have "winbind enum users = no" in your samba config. > > Paul. > [Tim Holmes] It works like a champ -- its wonderful I know this one is a newbie question, and im sorry, but I don't even know where to look to find the answer.... I would like to send the output to a file that I could open in excel. A text file would work, because the way it outputs, there are spaces between items (I think it would work) Can someone suggest a method? thanks -- TIM