Get UID of username

[Florian Lindner]

Hello,
how can I find out the UID of a username on a linux system?
Thx,
Florian

 

[Gary Herron]

Hello,
how can I find out the UID of a username on a linux system?
Thx,
Florian

Try the pwd module:
('gjh', 'x', 500, 500, 'Gary Herron', '/home/gjh', '/bin/bash')


Gary Herron

 

[Hallvard B Furuseth]

how can I find out the UID of a username on a linux system?

from pwd import getpwnam
try:
print getpwnam('someuser')[2]
except KeyError:
pass

See <http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pwd.html>.