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getent passwd | grep my_user not showing result but getent passwd my_user will return output

my_user is an entry in /etc/passwd file. I wrote a test script which called getpwent() to see if my_user can be printed, but it's not showing as well. I'm using aix system.
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Displays the list of groups for a login using command-line in iMac

How to display the list of groups for which login, contained in the environment variable FT_USER, is a member (separated by commas without spaces) using Unix command line in iMac. Example: ...
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Create FTP account under standard user

I run multiple client websites on a VPS purchased from Dreamhost. When I initially set up this VPS, I only required one user. I created a user called "thoughtspace" with the home directory at /home/...
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Unable to run commands with "sudo" from my user

For some reason, I am unable to run any commands with su as my user. This was working before and I'm not sure what broke it. The funny thing is that I can su to root without any problems. Example: ...
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Chmod, Groups, and Users

So I've tried looking this up but I've not found similar examples (please feel free to refer to them if your Google skills are better than mine). What I'm trying to do is as follows: I am hosting a ...
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