[plug] User accounts list from command line?
Craig Ringer
craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Wed Jul 9 20:31:14 WST 2003
> What command lists all the user accounts on a linux (redhat8 in this case) system?
getent passwd
If you're only using basic user accounts defined in /etc/passwd you can
'cat /etc/passwd' instead, but getent will agreggate accounts from local
accounts, LDAP, NIS, etc into one list.
If you want just the accounts, you'll want to
getent passwd | cut -d ':' -f 1 | sort
Craig Ringer
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