MaxUID - command /bin/awk -F':' '{ if($3 > max) max = $3 } END { print max }' /etc/passwd
This module provides the MaxUID value gathered from the /etc/passwd
file.
- class insights.parsers.max_uid.MaxUID(context)[source]
Bases:
Parser
Class for parsing the MaxUID value from the
/etc/passwd
file returned by the command:/bin/awk -F':' '{ if($3 > max) max = $3 } END { print max }' /etc/passwd
Typical output of the
/etc/passwd
file is:root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin nobody:x:65534:65534:Kernel Overflow User:/:/sbin/nologin
Typical output of this parser is:
65534
- Raises:
SkipComponent -- When content is empty or cannot be parsed.
ParseException -- When type cannot be recognized.
Examples
>>> max_uid.value 65534