dispuid Command

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Purpose

Displays a list of all valid user names.

Syntax

dispuid

Description

This command can be used to display a list of all user names on the system (one line per name). There are no parameters for this command. The following files are accessed in read-only mode to retrieve the user data:
  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/security/user
  • /etc/security/user.roles
  • /etc/security/limits
  • /etc/security/environ
  • /etc/group
  • /etc/group

Exit Status

0
The command completed successfully.
>0
An error occurred.

Examples

  1. To list all the valid users in your machine enter the dispuid command as follows: 
    dispuid
    The output looks similar to the following: 
    root 
daemon 
bin 
sys 
adm 
uucp 
guest 
nobody 
lpd 
invscout 
imnadm 
user1

Files

Item Description
/usr/sbin/dispuid Contains the dispuid command.
/etc/passwd Contains password information.