> Donna Garverick wrote:
> > Mark Bixby wrote:
> > > picard:/TSS/MARK$ cat checkuid
> > > #!/usr/contrib/bin/perl
> > > getpwnam($ARGV[0]) ? print "Valid user\n" : print "Bogus user\n";
>
> OK, take my syntax checking perl match statement and tag on Mark's
> getpwnam() call and you've got the whole nine yards (though it doesn't
> validate a trailing ",group" but can be checked through one of the
> getgid<?> calls too).
>
> I must admit Mark's is more readable and to the point :-)
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
>

I thought for sure someone would would post the classic MPE technique of
using PM to acquire SM capability, then use COMMAND with LISTUSER and
LISTGROUP (after parsing the logon string). Still works in compatibility
mode, too.

So, what happened to user.acct "security" under Posix?

Richard Gambrell