getent
v0.1.2
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Get entries from administrative databases for Node.js
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node-getent
Get entries from administrative databases for Node.js.
It's Node.js implementation of the features in the getent system command.
Why use system calls and not read filesystem?
Some systems don't use files like /etc/passwd
.
For example if you are using a LDAP-based systems you must use standard system calls.
By using calls you don't need to bother what type of database the system is currently using.
Install
You can install it using NPM: npm install getent
Features
Currently supports only these database:
passwd
TODO
Generic stuff to do:
- Write unit tests
- Setup travis-ci
Implement these new databases:
- Database passwd - Implement
getpwnam
andgetpwuid
-- Current search does NOT use these! - Database group - Implement
getgrent
etc - Database hosts - Implement
gethostent
- Database services - Implement
getservent
- Database protocols - Implement
getprotoent
etc - Database networks - Implement
getnetent
Also maybe these (which were not documented for getent command):
- Database shadow - Implement
getspent
,getspnam
, etc - Database alias - Implement
getaliasent
etc - Database rpc - Implement
getrpcent
etc - Database tty - Implement
getttyent
etc - Database mnt - Implement
getmntent
If this library some day has more features than the original command, then it should have runnable node-getent
when installed globally.
Feel free to submit issues if you would like to see another feature or would need one of these implemented sooner. I'll accept pull requests, too!
Examples
First you must define getent
like this (did you expect something else?):
var getent = require('getent');
Fetch all users using a callback:
getent.passwd(function(user) {
console.log( JSON.stringify(user) );
});
Fetch all users by returning an array:
var users = getent.passwd();
Fetch single user:
var users = getent.passwd("root");
Fetch two users:
var users = getent.passwd(["root", "nobody"]);
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