JCaselles user finder 20130717-143708

Assignment

Write a code that will print the list of available user to log in.

Solution

Use of pwd module and choose the user that have proper right to log in, which are those having home directory and root.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import pwd
import sys

def get_users_list ():

    user_list = pwd.getpwall()
    for x in range(len(user_list)):
        if user_list[x][5].find("home") >= 0:
            print user_list[x][0]
        elif user_list[x][5].find("root") >= 0:
            print user_list[x][0]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    get_users_list()
    sys.exit()