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- #! /usr/bin/python
-
- import posix
- from string import splitfields
-
- def userinfo(filename):
- """
- This function returns the list of users
- and a table containing users and their passwords
- """
- users, table = [], {}
- file = open(filename, 'r')
- for line in file.readlines():
- [name, password] = splitfields(line, ':')[:2]
- users.append(name)
- table[name] = password
- return users, table
-
- def main():
- for filename in ('/etc/passwd', 'etc/passwd.bak'):
- try:
- users, table = userinfo(filename)
- print table.keys()[3:7], table['postgres']
- posix.system('ls -al ' + filename)
- except:
- print 'File "' + filename + '" not found!'
-
- main()
-