my @attrs = \($nam, $pwd, $uid, $gid, $dsc, $hom, $shl);

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You're assigning a refernce to an array into an array. I think what you wanted was:

my @attr = ($nam, $pwd, $uid, $gid, $dsc, $hom, $shl);

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You also appear to be attempting to make a symbolic ref when you assign to the hash. Symoblic refs are generally something to be avoided, and in any case will only work with package variables (such as those declared with our) not lexicals (like my vars).

Because we don't allow root logins over ssh, using a module such as Unix::PasswdFile is not an option . . .

  1. Disallowing root logins over ssh is fine, but don't they even allow su or sudo? In fact, you should be using those even if you're logging in locally.
  2. Even if you can't get root access, you can install modules to an unprivileged directory and point Perl to it, or you can copy-and-paste the source from the module.

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In reply to Re: SCALAR output instead of attribute name. by hardburn
in thread SCALAR output instead of attribute name. by sschneid

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