From: Steven Hansen <runner@...>
Date: 2009-10-13T09:28:22+09:00
Subject: Etc.passwd on OS X


Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone knows how the Etc class locates users for OS X.

The documentation suggests that it simply parses the /etc/passwd file
and returns a list of the users in there.  However, I don't think this
is true for OSX.  When I look through my /etc/passwd file I notice that
there are several users missing, including the username that Iogin with.

However, the Etc class still manages to find all of the users on my
system...  For OSX, does the Etc class inspect an alternate file?  If
so, what file is it getting its information from?


Thanks,
Steven
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