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"));
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");
Syntax
string getshell ( string user )
Description
getshell returns the specified user’s login program from the policy server (or from the client host if getpasswordfromrun is set to yes in the policy server's pm.settings file).
Example
#check the user's shell on the policy server is in /opt/quest/bin
shell=getshell(user);
if (dirname(shell) != "/opt/quest/bin") {
reject "You are only permitted to run a login shell from /opt/quest/bin";
}
These are the built-in Authentication Services functions available to use within the pmpolicy file.