From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:55:51 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: common/rc: use getent when available
X-Git-Tag: v2025.03.17~7
X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=63347f3f52078868e5be79258584309da320f365;p=xfstests-dev.git

common/rc: use getent when available

Zorro noticed that on systems using nss-altfiles, some tests failed when
trying to parse /etc/passwd directly. The "getent" command does the
right thing in this case, so let's use it as long as it's available.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Zorro Lang <zlang@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index ca755055..dcdfa86e 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -2764,7 +2764,11 @@ _yp_active()
 _cat_passwd()
 {
 	[ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat passwd
-	cat /etc/passwd
+	if command -v getent &>/dev/null; then
+		getent passwd
+	else
+		cat /etc/passwd
+	fi
 }
 
 # cat the group file
@@ -2772,7 +2776,11 @@ _cat_passwd()
 _cat_group()
 {
 	[ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat group
-	cat /etc/group
+	if command -v getent &>/dev/null; then
+		getent group
+	else
+		cat /etc/group
+	fi
 }
 
 # check if a user exists in the system