On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Richard Pruitt wrote:

> How do I verify if a user already exists?  
> 
> I have this, but it gives me unary error when the user doesn't exist
> because it doens't output a numeric value.

> var2=`/usr/bin/id -u $var1`

Check the exit status here.

 if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then # Does not exist ...


  Jeremy C. Reed
echo 'G014AE824B0-07CC?/JJFFFI?D64CB>D=3C427=>;>6HI2><J' |
tr /-_ :\ Sc-y./ | sed swxw`uname`w



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