Re: Newbie question: get list of users

FROM : Robert Tillyard
DATE : Sun Jan 26 22:55:14 2003

This 'C' program will do it, just copy the bits you need.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>

int main ()
{
struct passwd *p;

    while ((p = getpwent ()))
      printf ("id %d = '%s'\n", p->pw_uid, p->pw_name);
}

Regards, Rob.

On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 09:18  pm, Frank Fenn wrote:

> Hi developer,
>
> I'm relatively new to MacOS, especially Cocoa programming. I would
> like to know, how to get a list of all users
> defined to the system and whether they have administrator rights or
> not.
>
> Scanning the mailing list archive and I've found that there are
> different ways to do this. If I look in the Account
> preferences I can set a user as Administrator, Accounts also doesn't
> show all users compared to Netinfo or
> /etc/passwd.
>
> Is there any code example to get a list of users defined in Accounts.
> I only need users that have a directory in
> /Users.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Frank Fenn - Bright Light Software

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