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Identifying researchers who do not have RC accounts (on Cheaha)

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Description

From Mike

users='wwarr mhanby, cmclung, ravi89'  # misspelling on purpose
users="`echo ${users} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr '\n' ' ' | tr ',' ' ' | tr -s ' '`"

for user in $(echo $users); do
  if ! getent passwd $user 1>/dev/null ; then
    echo $user does not exist;
  fi
done

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Research direction

Start with the shell snippet in the issue, especially the username normalization and getent passwd check. Clarify the expected input and output for identifying researchers without Cheaha accounts; done should be a documented or runnable check that reliably reports missing accounts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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