Where does the VM report Accounts with Duplicate ID's get user account data? (NETIQKB47616)

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Where does the VM report Accounts with Duplicate ID's get user account data?

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How can I tell which names are being pulled for the report for Users with Duplicate IDs?

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Unix 5.0

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To get the a list of accounts with duplicate IDs, Vulnerability Manager uses POSIX functions embedded in the code for the report. VM does not use a single OS command to get the information, but uses getpwent, getuserattr, and other POSIX functions. These functions return information for local or NIS user accounts.

To see which user account names the reports pull from the system, use the ./vrrm/get_user_names utility in the agent.

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VM 5.0 calls the tasks 'Users with ..." and VM 5.5 calls the tasks "Accounts with ..."

Formerly known as NETIQKB47616