list users and user information
 

is there a command /set of commands to list existing system users and their information (logged in as root)

so i can see stuff like their home directory when they were created, what group their in, etc etc

the closest i found to any of this on google is
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/...cruserman.html
which doesn't give me any commands about this stuff

check
in your terminal

# man 5 passwd
No entry for passwd in section 5 of the manual


anyways isnt passwd just for stuff related to their password? i wanna see stuff like their home directory.


ie i was goig to create a user and apparently it was already existing. either i made it already and totally forgot or it was made by a program or something.

i don't want to delete it or change the user incase its there for purposes of another program. and id preferebly not have ot make a new user because i have a couple other servers and i'm trying to have them all be as consitant as possible.

Sounds like you haven't got (all) the man pages installed ..
Works for me...
Here's the page you need: http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/passwd.5.html

wait so where is this passwd located? and how do i print it out? (besides just using a command like more or something)

Just type:

cat /etc/passwd

This will give you what you need. Use passwd to change the infomation. man passwd works for me too.

Is a good idea to tag solved problems as "solved"?
How do you think?

yes good idea

btw i used typing cat /etc/passwd in combination with that URL to explain how to read it to find out the information i needed.

thanks