Re: Finding the UID for samba users

From: Paul Howarth (paul_at_city-fan.org)
Date: 08/05/05

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    Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:06:44 +0100
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    Tim Holmes wrote:
    > Hi Folks:
    >
    > I am in the process of moving all of our users over to our new Samba
    > File server which runs FC3.
    >
    > In order to properly secure the home folders, I need to chown them to
    > the UID of the individual user, and chgrp them to the domain users
    > group. I know the GID for the domain users, so no problem there. Is
    > there a way to find a list of the UID for all the users.
    >
    > I know that I can do it by logging in as each individual user, and then
    > touching a file in a public directory, but that seems like the long way
    > around the barn to get it done.
    >
    > Any insights?

    Try:

    getent passwd username | cut -d: -f3

    Substitute "username" with the username you're interested in.

    Paul. 

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