----- Original Message -----
From: "James McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: username / id
> Vu Pham wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there any function to get the user name if uid is known, and vice
versa ?
> > Similar for group.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> cat /etc/passwd | grep ^.*:x:500: | awk -F: '{print $1}'
> cat /etc/passwd | grep ^.*:x:[0-9]*:500 | awk -F: '{print $1}'
>
> This is probably not what you want but it does return a name from uid or
> gid...
Oh, that works. I would like to know if there is an API so that I can use it
in my C app, or do I need to run some commands like your suggestion and
capture the output.
Thanks, James.
Vu
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