vserver services name-service getxxbyyy getpwbyname
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Gets the password entry by using the user name.
Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the advanced privilege level.
Description
The ` vserver services name-service getxxbyyy getpwbyname ` gets the password entry by using the user name. The underlying service for doing the lookup is selected based on the configured name service switch order.
Parameters
-node {<nodename>|local}- Node Name (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the node where the lookup will be performed
-vserver <vserver name>- Vserver Name (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the Vserver where the lookup will be performed
-username <text>- User Name (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the Username for which the password entry is requested
[-show-source {true|false}]- Source used for Lookup (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify if source used for lookup needs to be displayed
[-use-cache <true>]- Enable/Disable cache (privilege: advanced)-
If set to
true, locally-cached values will be used. The default value isfalse.
Examples
The following example requests password entry from the given username:
cluster1::*> vserver services name-service getxxbyyy getpwbyname -node cluster1-01 -vserver vs1 -username vsadmin -show-source true -use-rbac false -use-cache false
Source used for lookup: Files
pw_name: daemon
pw_passwd: *
pw_uid: 1, pw_gid: 1
pw_gecos: Owner of many system processes
pw_dir: /root
pw_shell: /usr/sbin/nologin