List all user details

nutthick · 12-14-2004, 05:40 AM

Is there a command to list all user's current settings (command line) so I can find out their login, home directory etc.?

Thanks

trevelluk · 12-14-2004, 07:12 AM

Take a look at the /etc/passwd file. It's got all that kind of info in it (cat /etc/fstab).

You'll have to be root. I wouldn't recommend editing it by hand either, unless you know what you're doing.

nutthick · 12-14-2004, 07:15 AM

I was hoping there would be a 'userview' command. If there isn't I'll have to look in the passwd file.

Thanks

scuzzman · 12-14-2004, 07:25 AM

you could do this:
put this into a file called userview

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#userview - view a user's credentials

cat /etc/passwd | grep $1

#EOF

Then do this (as root)

Code:

# chmod 755 userview
# mv userview /bin/userview

Then you have a userview command
simply

Code:

$ userview USERNAME

Aren't shell scripts great?

nutthick · 12-14-2004, 09:09 AM

I was wondernig when I'd come across scripts. Thanks scuzzman, I'll give it a try.