[jira] [Commented] (RANGER-827) Use system supplied mechanism to get users and groups on unix

["Bolke de Bruin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Bolke de Bruin commented on RANGER-827:
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Please note a new patch will be forthcoming addressing some shortcomings.

> Use system supplied mechanism to get users and groups on unix
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RANGER-827
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-827
>             Project: Ranger
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: usersync
>    Affects Versions: 0.5.1
>            Reporter: Bolke de Bruin
>              Labels: integration, pam, sssd, sync
>             Fix For: 0.5.1
>
>         Attachments: usersync.patch
>
>
> The unix user sync currently reads /etc/passwd /etc/groups . This is often not a reflection of users and groups available on a system especially when nsswitch is configured (eg. sssd, ldap etc).
> Secondly in some cases groups will contain user names that are not returned with "getent passwd", especially "external users" and it is required to add these using the group information.



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