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On systems that use ldap or other similar mechanims for maintaining /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/group etc. files instead of using '<tt>cat /etc/passwd</tt>' we should use '<tt>getent passwd</tt> to get passwd entries from local file as well as from other sources.  
On systems that use ldap or other similar mechanims for maintaining /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/group etc. files instead of using '<tt>cat /etc/passwd</tt>' we should use '<tt>getent passwd</tt> to get passwd entries from local file as well as from other sources.  
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 28 July 2022

Home > CentOS > CentOS 6.x > System administration tools > getent

On systems that use ldap or other similar mechanims for maintaining /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/group etc. files instead of using 'cat /etc/passwd' we should use 'getent passwd to get passwd entries from local file as well as from other sources.

'getent' also supports following other arguments

  • ahosts
  • ahostsv4
  • ahostsv6
  • aliases
  • ethers
  • group
  • gshadow
  • hosts
  • netgroup
  • networks
  • passwd
  • protocols
  • rpc
  • services
  • shadow


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