On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, USM Bish wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 10:55:53PM -0700, gaurav bhandari wrote: > > > > Dear linux users . I am having one problem . I m > > > not able to determine > > > > what is this ID about? > > > > drwxrwxr-x 5 543 pip 4096 Jul 3 > > > 15:04 cr > > > > > > $ id 543 > > > > my guess is the owner of this file was deleted so it > > is showing ID rather than the username....and the > > confusion > ---end quoted text--- > > Maybe, if the distro starts creating users at 5000 and > beyond. The space here "5 543" is confusing. You cannot > have an UID like this unless username has been typed in > this fashion. It looks like a user creation error rather > than a default UID left after user deletion. Wrong.
The 5 is the number of links to the file/dir, the 543 is the uid of the owner of the file/directory. Seeing a number instead of a username is because that particular username does not exist in /etc/passwd. -Naren ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
