NAME

Passwd - tied hash and DBI access to passwd files

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use AnyData;
my $users = adTie( 'Passwd', '/etc/passwd' );
print $users->{jdoe}->{homedir};
# ... other tied hash operations
OR
use DBI
my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:AnyData:');
$dbh->func('users','Passwd','/etc/passwd','ad_catalog');
my $g7 = $dbh->selectall_arrayref( qq{
    SELECT username, homedir FROM users WHERE GID = '7'
});
# ... other DBI/SQL operations
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a tied hash interface and a DBI/SQL interface to passwd files. Simply specify the format as 'Passwd' and give the name of the file and the modules will build a hash table with the column names

            

              
              
username
passwd
UID
GID
fullname
homedir
shell
            
          

The username field is treated as a key column.

This module is a submodule of the AnyData.pm and DBD::AnyData.pm modules. Refer to their documentation for further details.

AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

copyright 2000, Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com> all rights reserved