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userdbget(1M) userdbget(1M)
NAME
userdbget - display information residing in the user database, /var/adm/userdb
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/userdbget
[-i] -u name [attr]...
/usr/sbin/userdbget
[-i] -a [attr]...
DESCRIPTION
userdbget displays the per-user information residing in the user database as a sequence of
attribute=value pairs. Each pair is printed on a separate line and is preceded by the username. A per-user
value in the user database, /var/adm/userdb
, overrides any system-wide default configured in
/etc/default/security
. See userdb(4) and security(4) for more details about the user database and
system-wide defaults, respectively.
If no attr arguments are specified on the command line,
userdbget displays all configurable attributes of
users in the user database. If one or more attr arguments are specified,
userdbget displays only those
attributes.
Options
The following options are recognized:
-a Display attributes of all users in the user database.
-i Display internal attributes, in addition to the configurable ones. Internal attributes are not user
configurable and are normally modified only by programs that enforce system security. The file
/etc/security.dsc
indicates which attributes are configurable and which are internal.
-u name Display attributes for only the specified user name.
Notes
Only users who have read and write access to /var/adm/userdb
can run userdbget.
RETURN VALUE
userdbget exits with one of the following values:
0 success
1 invalid user
2 invalid usage
3 insufficient permission to access the user database
4 file system error
5 invalid attribute; /etc/security.dsc
does not allow a per-user value
6 an attribute value is not within the range specified in /etc/security.dsc
7
block overflow
8 entry overflow
9 database lock failure
10 database is disabled; see userdb(4)
11 invalid user name
12 not a local user
EXAMPLES
In the following example, all attributes for user joe are printed. The audit flag for user joe is enabled.
The display last login feature is disabled.
/usr/sbin/userdbget -u joe
joe AUDIT_FLAG=1
joe DISPLAY_LAST_LOGIN=0
In the next example, only specific attributes are printed. The audit flag for user joe is enabled. No value
is printed for MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH, because that attribute is not defined for user joe
; the minimum
password length for user
joe is the system-wide default defined in /etc/default/security
(see
security(4)).
/usr/sbin/userdbget -u joe AUDIT_FLAG MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH
joe AUDIT_FLAG=1
In the last example, userdbget prints all configurable attributes of all users in the user database.
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