[tpm] using getpwnam() on a system with LDAP

[J. Bobby Lopez]

Actually, no - I'm trying to get the usernames/groupnames when I
provide a uid/gid. Doesn't work as expected because accounts are
provided via LDAP.

-Bobby

On 1/27/11, Indy Singh <indy at indigostar.com> wrote:
>> When I do a getpwnam() on a UID, it reports the username/group as 'file'.
> I think you should be calling getpwuid.  Is that what you meant to say?
>
> Indy Singh
> IndigoSTAR Software -- www.indigostar.com
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: J. Bobby Lopez
>   To: Toronto Perl Mongers
>   Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:52 PM
>   Subject: [tpm] using getpwnam() on a system with LDAP
>
>
>   I've got a system that serves as an LDAP client, so there are many
> files/dirs with uid/gid information retrieved from LDAP.
>
>   When I do a getpwnam() on a UID, it reports the username/group as 'file'.
>
>   Is there any way to do the translation from UID to LDAP username without
> loading LDAP modules?  I'm guessing if 'ls' shows the correct name, there
> must be some system call I can use to pull the same info.
>
>   Any insights?
>
>   Thanks,
>   Bobby
>
>
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