> > 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. > [Tim Holmes] Paul: Thanks so much -- Just as a learning tool for me, could you explain the switches that you used after the pipe in that command? I am not familiar with them. TIM
