On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 11:00 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> A couple weeks ago, the list helped me develop the way to find the
UID
> of users on my AD system. At the time I did not think that it
would
be
> necessary to know the GID of the AD Groups, but I am hitting
some
snags
> where I need to change the group ownership of folders etc.
>
> I suspect that the necessary command is a variant of the getent
command,
> but man getent has not yielded where I should look for them.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction. Specifically, what I
am
> looking for is a command that will allow me to generate a list
of
all
> the user groups on the system and their GID. This will allow me
to
> chgrp the folders as necessary.
"getent group" doesn't work?
[Tim Holmes]
As it turns out Paul, it does work -- I found it after I sent the
e-mail, and was just getting ready to send a Fixed message
Thanks a ton
TIM