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jc.parsers.shadow

jc - JSON Convert /etc/shadow file parser

Usage (cli):

$ sudo cat /etc/shadow | jc --shadow

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('shadow', shadow_file_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "username":       string,
    "password":       string,
    "last_changed":   integer,
    "minimum":        integer,
    "maximum":        integer,
    "warn":           integer,
    "inactive":       integer,
    "expire":         integer
  }
]

Examples:

$ sudo cat /etc/shadow | jc --shadow -p
[
  {
    "username": "root",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": 18113,
    "minimum": 0,
    "maximum": 99999,
    "warn": 7,
    "inactive": null,
    "expire": null
  },
  {
    "username": "daemon",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": 18113,
    "minimum": 0,
    "maximum": 99999,
    "warn": 7,
    "inactive": null,
    "expire": null
  },
  {
    "username": "bin",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": 18113,
    "minimum": 0,
    "maximum": 99999,
    "warn": 7,
    "inactive": null,
    "expire": null
  },
  ...
]

$ sudo cat /etc/shadow | jc --shadow -p -r
[
  {
    "username": "root",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": "18113",
    "minimum": "0",
    "maximum": "99999",
    "warn": "7",
    "inactive": "",
    "expire": ""
  },
  {
    "username": "daemon",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": "18113",
    "minimum": "0",
    "maximum": "99999",
    "warn": "7",
    "inactive": "",
    "expire": ""
  },
  {
    "username": "bin",
    "password": "*",
    "last_changed": "18113",
    "minimum": "0",
    "maximum": "99999",
    "warn": "7",
    "inactive": "",
    "expire": ""
  },
  ...
]

parse

def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False)

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

data:        (string)  text data to parse
raw:         (boolean) unprocessed output if True
quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True

Returns:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/shadow.py

Version 1.5 by Kelly Brazil (kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com)