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Re: Getting full user name

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Getting full user name
From: Knut Lorenzen <RBNUG at fischerappelt dot de>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:08:59 +0100
Tim Jones schrieb dereinst (am 27.02.2004 20:47 Uhr) via
tjmac at tolisgroup dot com:

> An interesting (if useless) note is that under 10.3, the password hash
> in id -P is converted to asterisks.
> 
> [tjones at g4mac ~]$ id -P
> tjones:********:501:501::0:0:Tim Jones:/Users/tjones:/bin/bash

Weird, I don't see asterisks (with both tcsh and bash) on 10.3.2.

> Also, as Maury stated, the Carbon declare method is also available and
> doesn't require a shell (and provides lots of other goodies).

Sure, great stuff, but now and then you want to keep apps as small as
possible and don't want the overhead from CDL.

Cheers,

Knut


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