another way of getting not just your uid is...
[darkhouse ~]$ cat /etc/passwd | egrep 'sh$'
it will show you not only the uid but groups names of people on your system whom
have a shell.
--- Pete Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> No X? Good for you! The command line is our friend. The command you need is 'id'.
> For example,
> my user name on my system is yig, so...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ id yig
> uid=1001(yig) gid=101(king) groups=101(king),0(root)
>
> My groups are set up weird, pay no attention.
>
> --- "Andy J. Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't seem to find a way to view a user's UID. I could just change it
> with usermod, but I'd like to know a way of seeing what the current UID
> is without
> changing it. I've googled high and low but to no avail....
>
> Thanks - Andy
>
> ps - No X on this system, I'm forcing myself to learn everything through
> the shell.
>
>
>
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Ted Katseres
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