DBD::Sys::Plugin::Unix::Users - provides a table containing a list of operating system users
$users = $dbh->selectall_hashref("select * from pwent", "username");
DBD::Sys::Plugin::Unix::Users; ISA DBD::Sys::Table
This module provides the table pwent filled the data from the password database passwd(5).
passwd(5)
Name of the user in this row how he/she authenticates himself/herself to the system.
Encrypted password of the user - typically accessible by root only.
Numerical user id
Numerical group id of the users primary group
Quota, when supported by this system and set
Comment, when set
General information about the user
Users home directory
Users default login shell
Account expiration time, when available
Returns 'pwent'.
Returns the column names of the table as named in "Columns"
Retrieves the data from the password database and put it into fetchable rows.
Perl support for the functions getpwent, setpwent, endpwent is required to provide data for the table.
Jens Rehsack Alexander Breibach CPAN ID: REHSACK rehsack@cpan.org alexander.breibach@googlemail.com http://www.rehsack.de/
Some advisories how to implement the data collecting safer and more portable was provided by Ashish SHUKLA <ashish@freebsd.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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To install DBD::Sys, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm DBD::Sys
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBD::Sys
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