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getting the uid of a system user

Hi I need to get the uid of a system user from the /etc/passwd file. Is
there an already existing module/function available or do I have to
parse it myself?

Marco

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Jul 18 '05 #1
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Marco Herrn wrote:
Hi I need to get the uid of a system user from the /etc/passwd file. Is
there an already existing module/function available or do I have to
parse it myself?


You're probably looking for the pwd and grp modules;
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pwd.html

--Irmen

Jul 18 '05 #2

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