Hehehehe.... I have no idea how perl works, so I wouldn't recommend it...
I just will say what I know how to do ;)
Hopefully, I can get a job and start getting books on Linux and reading
and learning the best ways to do some things ;)
- Mike
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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
RO>Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 15:01:52 -0700
RO>From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RO>To: Michael B. Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Justin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RO>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RO>Subject: Re: Passwd file and fingering Part2
RO>
RO>Good idea, Michael. That would work if the once-a-day restriction doesn't
RO>hamper Justin's requirements too much. But if you're taking that approach,
RO>it's not much more work to write, say, a perl app that would go into the
RO>relevant files, parse the info, and put it into a delimited database. Then a
RO>separate app would search it. Should all run a bit slicker than just
RO>redirecting finger then grep'ing lines (which approach also requires a bit
RO>more fiddling than is initially obvious).
RO>
RO>The real issues for Justin are:
RO>
RO>1. Would a database that's as much as a day out of date present a problem?
RO>
RO>2. Do his requirements include being able to request this info remotely, as
RO>finger makes possible?
RO>
RO>3. His original posting mentioned additional e-mail accounts. How does he
RO>want those to show up in the sort of search he is attempting to implement?
RO>
RO>4. Who has to be able to do these searches? Just the sysadmin? Anybody?
RO>Somewhere in between? Different solutions are likely to be optimal given
RO>different answers.
RO>
RO>At 04:02 PM 4/9/99 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote [abridged]:
RO>>It seems like, you would want a system that would do something like every
RO>>24 hours, finger all users, save this stuff into a file, and then, when
RO>>you want something, grep the file.
RO>
RO>>On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Justin Wilson wrote:
RO>JW> When I finger Corpoarte it does not return anything. If I have a user
RO>JW>with the username or Name Corporate, it will return these. what I am looking
RO>JW>for is a way to "search" or finger the different things in the finger info.
RO>JW>Things such as the .plan, .project or whatever. I want to be able to finger
RO>JW>Corporate and have it come up with all the corporate users.
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