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Privilege Manager for Unix 7.2.2 - Administration Guide

Introducing Privilege Manager for Unix Planning Deployment Installation and Configuration Upgrade Privilege Manager for Unix System Administration Managing Security Policy The Privilege Manager for Unix Security Policy Advanced Privilege Manager for Unix Configuration Administering Log and Keystroke Files InTrust Plug-in for Privilege Manager for Unix Troubleshooting Privilege Manager for Unix Policy File Components Privilege Manager for Unix Variables
Variable names Variable scope Global input variables Global output variables Global event log variables PM settings variables
Privilege Manager for Unix Flow Control Statements Privilege Manager for Unix Built-in Functions and Procedures
Environment functions Hash table functions Input and output functions LDAP functions LDAP API example List functions Miscellaneous functions Password functions Remote access functions String functions User information functions Authentication Services functions
Privilege Manager for Unix programs Installation Packages

getfullname

Syntax
string getfullname ( string user )
Description

getfullname returns the specified user’s full name from the policy server (or from the client host if getpasswordfromrun is set to yes in the policy server's pm.settings file). When called without arguments, the function reports the full name for the user name present inside the runuser variable.

Example
# print the fullname of root on the policy server 
print(getfullname("root")); 

getgroup

Syntax
string getgroup ( string user )
Description

getgroup returns the specified user’s primary group name from the policy server (or from the client host if getpasswordfromrun is set to yes in the policy server's pm.settings file). If no user is specified, it returns the submituser’s primary group.

Example
# print root user's primary group on the policy server 
print(getgroup("root")); 

getgroups

Syntax
list getgroups ( string user )
Description

getgroups returns the list of groups to which the specified user belongs from the policy server (or from the client host if getpasswordfromrun is set to yes in the policy server's pm.settings file). If you do not specify a user, it returns the submituser's secondary groups.

The following example returns the list of groups to which root belongs.

Example
# print the list of groups to which root belongs 
print(getgroups("root"));

gethome

Syntax
string gethome( string user )
Description

gethome returns the specified user’s home directory from the policy server (or from the client host if getpasswordfromrun is set to yes in the policy server's pm.settings file).

Example
# set working directory to root's home dir on the policy server 
runcwd = gethome("root"); 
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