Re: Help: How do I get the lists of groups a unix user is in?

From: Tad McClellan <tadmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:31:20 -0600

Brandon Hoppe <bhoppe@xxxxxx> wrote:

I need the list of groups that a user is in, similar to calling "groups" at a command prompt.

I've searched everywhere but haven't been able to find anything to do this in perl.

my @groups = `groups`;

or, my preference:

my @groups = qx/groups/;

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