database with user name & passwords

[torac]

Hey guys,

I am playing around with a new vb type program for linux and trying to create a administrator type tool. What the program is gonna do: is have the ability to add / del users and groups and add other such features such as address, etc. etc.. Can anyone tell me where the database is stored for the users on the linux system so i would be able to connect to it to update the database with this program? Or if linux stores it in a different way? thank you guys for your help.

-Torac

[Epyon9283]

AFAIK(I may not be correct) but the info is stored in these locations:
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow

[torac]

Can it be configured with mysql to view the data?

[torac]

what is AFAIK??

As Far As I Know

[Epyon9283]

Originally posted by torac
Can it be configured with mysql to view the data?

They're just plain text files so I have no clue.

[jkrohn]

No, what you would have to do is write a program to parse the above files and insert the inforamation into a database. You could then connect to that database and read the information.

This is a waste, since in the program (minus the database) you will be doing this first step anyway! Take a look at the structure of those files. You will need to parse them and organize the data for yourself.

After that you can then make use of useradd, userdel, and usermod to make your changes with system calls.

Jkrohn