SYNOPSIS

use Passwd::Unix;

my $pu = Passwd::Unix->new();
my $err = $pu->user("example", $pu->encpass("my_secret"), $pu->maxuid + 1, 10,
"My User", "/home/example", "/bin/bash" );
$pu->passwd("example", $pu->encpass("newsecret"));
foreach my $user ($pu->users) {
print "Username: $user\nFull Name: ", $pu->gecos($user), "\n\n";
}
my $uid = $pu->uid('example');
$pu->del("example");
# or
use Passwd::Unix qw(check_sanity reset encpass passwd_file shadow_file
group_file backup warnings del del_user uid gid gecos
home shell passwd rename maxgid maxuid exists_user
exists_group user users users_from_shadow del_group
group groups groups_from_gshadow);

my $err = user( "example", encpass("my_secret"), $pu->maxuid + 1, 10,
"My User", "/home/example", "/bin/bash" );
passwd("example",encpass("newsecret"));
foreach my $user (users()) {
print "Username: $user\nFull Name: ", gecos($user), "\n\n";
}
my $uid = uid('example');
del("example");

ABSTRACT

Passwd::Unix provides an abstract object-oriented and function interface to standard Unix files, such as /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group. Additionally this module provides environment to testing new software, without using system critical files in /etc/dir.

DESCRIPTION

The Passwd::Unix module provides an abstract interface to /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group format files. It is inspired by Unix::PasswdFile module (that one does not handle /etc/shadow file, what is necessary in modern systems like Sun Solaris 10 or Linux).

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new( [ param0 = 1, param1 => 0... ] )>

Constructor. Possible parameters are:

passwd - path to passwd file; default "/etc/passwd"

shadow - path to shadow file; default "/etc/shadow"

group - path to group file; default "/etc/group"

gshadow - path to gshadow file if any; default "/etc/gshadow"

umask - umask for creating files; default 0022 (standard for UNIX and Linux systems)

backup - boolean; if set to 1, backup will be made; default 1

warnings - boolean; if set to 1, important warnings will be displayed; default 0

check_sanity()

This method check if environment is sane. I.e. if users in shadow and in passwd are the same. This method is invoked in constructor.

del( USERNAME0, USERNAME1... )

This method is an alias for "del_user". It's for transition only.

del_user( USERNAME0, USERNAME1... )

This method will delete the list of users. It has no effect if the supplied users do not exist.

del_group( GROUPNAME0, GROUPNAME1... )

This method will delete the list of groups. It has no effect if the supplied groups do not exist.

encpass( PASSWORD )

This method will encrypt plain text into unix style MD5 password.

gecos( USERNAME [,GECOS] )

Read or modify a user's GECOS string (typically their full name). Returns the result of operation (1 or "undef") if GECOS was specified. Otherwhise returns the GECOS.

gid( USERNAME [,GID] )

Read or modify a user's GID. Returns the result of operation (TRUE or FALSE) if GID was specified otherwhise returns the GID.

home( USERNAME [,HOMEDIR] )

Read or modify a user's home directory. Returns the result of operation (1 or "undef") if HOMEDIR was specified otherwhise returns the HOMEDIR.

maxuid( )

This method returns the maximum UID in use by all users.

maxgid( )

This method returns the maximum GID in use by all groups.

unused_uid( [MINUID] [,MAXUID] )

This method returns the first unused UID in a given range. The default MINUID is 0. The default MAXUID is maximal integer value (computed from $Config{ intsize } ).

unused_gid( [MINGID] [,MAXGID] )

This method returns the first unused GID in a given range. The default MINGID is 0. The default MAXGID is maximal integer value (computed from $Config{ intsize } ).

passwd( USERNAME [,PASSWD] )

Read or modify a user's password. If you have a plaintext password, use the encpass method to encrypt it before passing it to this method. Returns the result of operation (1 or "undef") if PASSWD was specified. Otherwhise returns the PASSWD.

rename( OLDNAME, NEWNAME )

This method changes the username for a user. If NEWNAME corresponds to an existing user, that user will be overwritten. It returns FALSE on failure and TRUE on success.

shell( USERNAME [,SHELL] )

Read or modify a user's shell. Returns the result of operation (TRUE or FALSE) if SHELL was specified otherwhise returns the SHELL.

uid( USERNAME [,UID] )

Read or modify a user's UID. Returns the result of operation (TRUE or FALSE) if UID was specified otherwhise returns the UID.

user( USERNAME [,PASSWD, UID, GID, GECOS, HOMEDIR, SHELL] )

This method can add, modify, or return information about a user. Supplied with a single username parameter, it will return a six element list consisting of (PASSWORD, UID, GID, GECOS, HOMEDIR, SHELL), or undef if no such user exists. If you supply all seven parameters, the named user will be created or modified if it already exists.

group( GROUPNAME [,GID, ARRAYREF] )

This method can add, modify, or return information about a group. Supplied with a single groupname parameter, it will return a two element list consisting of (GID, ARRAYREF), where ARRAYREF is a ref to array consisting names of users in this GROUP. It will return undef and ref to empty array ("undef, [ ]") if no such group exists. If you supply all three parameters, the named group will be created or modified if it already exists.

users()

This method returns a list of all existing usernames.

users_from_shadow()

This method returns a list of all existing usernames in a shadow file.

groups()

This method returns a list of all existing groups.

groups_from_gshadow()

This method returns a list of all existing groups in a gshadow file.

exists_user(USERNAME)

This method checks if specified user exists. It returns TRUE or FALSE.

exists_group(GROUPNAME)

This method checks if specified group exists. It returns TRUE or FALSE.

default_umask([UMASK])

This method, if called with an argument, sets default umask for this module (not Your program!). Otherwise returns the current UMASK. Probably You don't want to change this.

passwd_file([PATH])

This method, if called with an argument, sets path to the passwd file. Otherwise returns the current PATH.

shadow_file([PATH])

This method, if called with an argument, sets path to the shadow file. Otherwise returns the current PATH.

group_file([PATH])

This method, if called with an argument, sets path to the group file. Otherwise returns the current PATH.

gshadow_file([PATH])

This method, if called with an argument, sets path to the gshadow file. Otherwise returns the current PATH.

reset()

This method sets paths to files passwd, shadow, group to the default values.

error()

This method returns the last error (even if ``warnings'' is disabled).

DEPENDENCIES

Struct::Compare

Crypt::PasswdMD5

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None known.

THANKS

Thanks to Christian Kuelker for suggestions and reporting some bugs :-).

Thanks to Steven Haryanto for suggestions.

Thanks to Jonas Genannt for suggestions as well as supplying relevant patch!

BIG THANKS to Lopes Victor for reporting some bugs and his exact sugesstions :-)

Thanks to Foudil BRETEL for some remarks, suggestions as well as supplying relevant patch!

BIG thanks to Artem Russakovskii for reporting a bug.

AUTHOR

Strzelecki Lukasz <[email protected]>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html