I'm pretty sure that's the OS user id that you would see on unix in /etc/passwd or as the first column in a ps -f listing. If you're root it will be 0. On windows it's some similar number. unidata returns it in @UID
On Aug 21, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Wjhonson <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > > Universe 10 on Windows > > In the LISTU output, there is the old familiar PID which is the same as Port > Number, but there is also a UID. > > Looking through the online manuals, I see this UID referred to a few times > where it's just called User Id, but there's no mention of for what this can > be used, if anything. > > Ours are all six digit numbers and start with 197 or 198, perhaps there is a > flag somewhere that sets this starting point. > Are these randomly assigned when a user logs in? Each new process they grab > then also grabs the exact same User Id until they are all logged out? > > Or are they set once per use, and will never change for that user, on that > system. > > Is the User Name "looked up" based on the User Id ? And if so in what file? > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
