Is there a standard module library function to access /etc/passwd or /etc/group

Heather Coppersmith me at privacy.net
Wed Jul 30 08:34:41 EDT 2003


On 30 Jul 2003 05:16:43 -0700,
robin.cull at pace.co.uk (Robin Cull) wrote:

> ...  Something that gives access to the C standard libarary
> functions get[pw|group]ent(), for example ...

Right out of the table of contents of Python's Library Reference:

    8.2 pwd -- The password database
    8.3 grp -- The group database

When all else fails, read the manual....  ;-)

Regards,
Heather

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