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  • _Please_ add a proper question to the body of the text, and [don't post images of text](https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4086/psa-please-dont-post-images-of-text). (I don't have the best eyesight and the photo is of poor quality). – Kusalananda Nov 28 '18 at 11:07
  • Furthermore, photos are impossible to read in the occasions I am in the/for users using the mobile application – Rui F Ribeiro Nov 28 '18 at 11:30
  • Ironically, the answers at the duplicate question and here do not address what the college coursework is getting at. – JdeBP Nov 28 '18 at 11:41

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getent will check for data in /etc/passwd and other name services. These services can be (e.g.) LDAP, DNS, etc. When passing the passwd option, it will get data from the passwd database.

/etc/passwd will contain only local users for the current system : it could be considered here as the passwd database.

Apparently you are a studying, so you can read further the manpages of getent, nsswitch.conf.

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