-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>> How do I verify if a user already exists? >> >> I have this, but it gives me unary error when the user doesn't exist >> because it doens't output a numeric value. > >> var2=`/usr/bin/id -u $var1` > >Check the exit status here. > > if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then # Does not exist ... That's an unnecessary extra step. This will do: $ var=`id -u pepe` || echo "Sorry." - -d - -- David Talkington http://www.spotnet.org PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPBfvHb9BpdPKTBGtEQJnzgCcDnCR4ZZEknE1TRmhfZlPoPPOBzcAoPge GT2iMfY37JbYVB53pBqywJQO =o4NJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
