On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:25:19 -0700,
David Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I have a unix user name, is there a way to verify that the user
> really exists and query default group memberships?
import pwd
unix_user_name = raw_input( 'enter a user name:' )
try:
print pwd.getpwnam( unix_user_name )
except KeyError:
print unix_user_name, 'does not exist'
There's a grp module for making similar queries against /etc/group (or
the modern equivalent thereof).
Regards,
Dan
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