how to list all users in shell?

binary_0011 · 05-02-2006, 10:58 AM

i can do a system-config-users but this will open a gui.

any other command?

thanks.

pljvaldez · 05-02-2006, 11:33 AM

ls /home or awk -F: '{ print $1 }' /etc/passwd

Or if you want to only get usernames that are actual users (i.e. leave out system made users like nobody, root, ftp, etc), try this:

Code:

awk -F: '$3 >= 1000 && $3 < 10000 { print $3 " " $1 }' /etc/passwd

Note that you'll probably have to modify the number range. In my system, UID's start at 1000 for normal users. $1 corresponds to the column of /etc/passwd containing usernames, $3 is the UID column. Once you figure out the range you need, you can remove the $3 " " section of the print statement.

marozsas · 05-02-2006, 11:40 AM

Code:

# awk -F: '{if (($3>=500)&&($3<=60000)) print $1}' /etc/passwd

500 is the minimum UID in your system.
60000 is the maximum UID. Check the MINUID and MAXUID for your system at /etc/login.defs.