I have the following code
classes:
host_groupa::
usera = ( ReturnsZero(/usr/bin/getent passwd usera) )
shellcommands:
host_groupa.!usera::
"/usr/sbin/useradd -g usera -d /export/home/usera -s /usr/local/bin/scponly
-m -k /etc/skel usera"
So what that would do is evaluate a class usera if /usr/bin/getent passwd
usera returns 0 if that user exists on the host. The disadvantage of
this is that getent will provide output, which I don't want. I'm only
interested in the return code. I want any of the output to go to
/dev/null. So that is the first question. how can I take output from
the command passed to ReturnsZero and send it to /dev/null?
The second question is: Does someone know of an easier way of testing
for the existence of a user that wouldn't require a call to getent?
Just wondering if there is a better solution out there.
Thanks,
Brian Seppanen
608.826.1464
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