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07-28-2007, 02:11 AM	#1
dhanabalanb LQ Newbie Registered: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Rep:	read uid of a last user What is the command to read a uid of a last user in a /etc/shadow file?

07-28-2007, 03:32 AM	#2
jschiwal LQ Guru Registered: Aug 2001 Location: Fargo, ND Distribution: SuSE AMD64 Posts: 15,733 Rep:	What do you mean by "last user"? The /etc/shadow file doesn't contain the UID number. The /etc/passwd file does.

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