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<br><font size=2><tt>jacob.hammerschmitt@pnc.com wrote:<br>
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> Hello,<br>
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> At the risk of sounding like a complete noob, I need to ask a couple
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> simple questions about security...<br>
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> Other than just going to the /home directory and seeing all the user
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> directories in there, is there another way to determine what user
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> accounts exist on the machine?<br>
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The best way to check is to look for entries in /etc/passwd, or the <br>
other passwd lookups listed in /etc/nsswitch.conf such as LDAP or NIS.<br>
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> Also, I need to determine which security groups each user belongs
to. I <br>
> checked out the /etc/group file but that doesn't seem to jive with
what <br>
> is produced when I type 'groups' at the command line. ex. I
can see <br>
> that My user id is part of the 'ldap' group in the group file but
when I <br>
> run groups there is an additional group that I am a part of that is
not <br>
> reflected in the group file. Here is the output from my queries:<br>
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Your GID might be set the the numerical ID of the 'mantas' group. Check
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in /etc/passwd. Also, your system might be configured to get group
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information from other sources as well, such as NIS or LDAP. Check
the <br>
groups entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf.<br>
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Jonathan Billings <billings@negate.org></tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>This is perfect, Thanks!!!</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I have a lot to learn about security :)<br>
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