Users don't appear in /etc/passwd on Mac OS X
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Problem
By examining the file, I should get a list of all users in the system. However, when dumping the file on Mac OS X I don't see my current username but many entries like these: How come I can log into the shell with my username and see that username when I do ?
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/etc/passwd
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Fix for: Users don't appear in /etc/passwd on Mac OS X
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The file is only consulted when the OS is in single-user mode. The "standard" location for account information on OS X is the DirectoryService. Try for more information. The following comment block appears at the top of my password file: In recent v…
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