On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:52 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
>
>
redirect the output. For example:
getent passwd | awk -F: '{ printf "%-20s %5d %s\n", $1, $3, $5 }' |
> LC_ALL=C sort +1 > /tmp/list.csv
works a champ. Just make sure you specify both spaces and tabs as
delimiters & merge delimiters on import.
Just checked it with OpenOffice calc
--
Tony Placilla, RHCT
anthony_placilla@xxxxxxxx
